Re:Chinese Demography
by i_am_proteus on Monday December 28, 2020 @06:28AM
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European and American families do this too.
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Re:Chinese Demography
by christophilus on Monday December 28, 2020 @08:27AM
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Do they? American families don’t really do this in statistically significant numbers, I’d expect. No idea about Europe.
Re:Chinese Demography
by i_am_proteus on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @01:06PM
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Sure they do, as soon a you leave the UMC bubble where nursing homes seem affordable. It's more common in recent immigrants, but 25% of the US population is 2nd-generation or more recent.
> in China. Children will take care of their parents in old age.
Let me rephrase that so it's clearer:
"in China. Children MUST take care of their parents 100% FINANCIALLY in old age."
Because of the former one-child policy, that means you're it.
This is a problem for the Chinese military and police, because if you're a one-child, you're very risk averse.
This is seen in Chinese police allowing people to drown instead of even getting their feet wet.
"Chinese police and onlookers watch a girl drown"