Bereaved China elderly suffer under one-child norm

Channel News Asia Sunday 30th September, 2012

BEIJING: When Wu Rui's 12-year-old daughter died she lost not just the only child she would ever have but also her source of security and support in old age.Today the 55-year-old takes care of herself and her own elderly parents on a paltry pension in a ramshackle two-room home, living in fear of medical emergencies she has no way to pay for.China's one-child policy normally leaves four grandparents and two parents relying on a single caretaker f...

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