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Coming up, what if family wasn't about blood and elderly care didn't have to come from strangers?
On Chinese social media, a few posts have surfaced about Ren Gan Xin Yang Lao,
a practice where young people form supportive contract-like relationships with older adults.
It echoes elements of god-parenting and elder companionship in the West, but with key differences.
Could this be a way to patch the cracks left by shrinking families and limited state support?
Maybe, but it also carries serious risks.
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A curious phenomenon has surfaced on Chinese social media called 认甘亲养老 or informal adoptive kinship for elderly care.
The idea,
young adults and older individuals agree to form a non-biological parent and child relationship.