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1、ProposedChineseLawWouldRequireAdultChildrentoVisitElderlyParentsRegularlyTheurbanizationofChinahaschangedthenation'sfamilialinteractionsdrastically.Childrenarenolongerlivingwiththeirparentsandgrandparentsintoadulthood,andmoreoldpeoplearemovingintoapartmen
2、tsbythemselvesratherthanclose-knitruralcommunities.Youngpeople'svaluesarechangingaswell.WhereasreverencefortheelderlywasonceanimportantvirtueinChineseculture,increasingly,theyouthareleavingtheirforebearsbehind.Theresultisrampantlonelinessanddisillusionmen
3、t,whichcausesaddedmentalandphysicalhealthproblemsinapopulationthat'salreadystrugglingwithchronicillnessanddementia.One Britishstudyofthatcountry'scitizensrecentlycalledlonelinessa"silentkiller" fortheelderly.Evenwithouttheproposedlawinplace,thereisalready
4、aprecedentofoldpeoplesuingtheiroffspringinChinesecourts.Justthismonth,forinstance,ajudgeintheShandongProvinceordered threewomentopaytheir80-year-oldmotherbetween350to500renminbiamonth(about$53to$75)afterthemotherclaimedthattheyignoredher.AdultchildreninCh
5、inawouldberequiredtovisittheirelderlyparentsonaregularbasisunderaproposedamendmenttothenation’sLawonProtectionoftheRightsandInterestsoftheAged.WuMing,anofficialwiththeMinistryofCivilAffairs,isreportedassayingthattheamendmentwouldallowelderlyparentsignored
6、bytheirchildrentogotocourttoclaimtheirlegalrightstobephysicallyandmentallycaredfor.Chinahas167millioncitizensoverage60,halfofwhomlivealonewithoutchildrenand20millionofwhomcannottakecareofthemselves.IntraditionalChineseculture,filialpiety—respectforone’spa
7、rentsandancestors—isoneoftheparamountvirtues.Butthelongstandingtraditionofchildrencaringforagedparentsisbeingchallengedbyhistory’slargesthumanmigration,inwhich130millionChinesehavemovedtocitiesinsearchofjobs,leavingnearly60milliongrowingupapartfromoneorbo
8、thparents,accordingtoarecentarticleintheNewYorker.Ineffect,capitalismappearstobeunderminingtraditionalvalues,andthestate’sattemptedsolutionistolegislatemorality.WangShichuan,anewsanalystquotedbythesiteCriEnglish.com
