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China Elderly Visit Law Forces People To See Aging Parents

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Eliza Laamoon

Huffington Post/28 December 2012 BEIJING — Visit your parents. That’s an order. So says China, whose national legislature on Friday amended its law on the elderly to require that adult children visit their aged parents “often” – or risk being … Continue reading →

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As enriched China ages, ‘filial piety’ strained

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Eliza Laamoon

CNN February 10, 2011|By Jaime FlorCruz, CNN For 93-year-old widow Liu Bingdi, the Chinese lunar New Year is the happiest time of the year. “It’s a time when we all gather for family reunion,” says Mrs. Liu.

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