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发帖数: 15010 | 1 Chinese Law Requires Children To Visit Elderly Parents
If you don't visit your elderly mother in the United States, the worst you
usually get is an angry phone call. In China, neglecting your aging parents
has now become a far more serious matter: It can land you in court,
according to a new law.
Chinese Law Requires Children To Visit Elderly Parents
(Photo: Reuters)
China's growing elderly population is set to represent one-third of China's
population by 2053.
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The law was passed last Friday by China's National People's Congress as part
of several amendments to the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the
Elderly legislation, which will officially be implemented on July 1.
According to the amendment, "family members who live separately from the
elderly should visit them often."
Though the amendment does not specify how often visits should take place, it
does stipulate that employers should help make this possible. "Employers
should guarantee the right to home leave in accordance with relevant
regulations," the law says.
According to state media, the new clause was added to existing legislation
because China's growing elderly population is becoming increasingly
neglected. With this law, it will give the elderly a framework to justify
pursuing legal action if they feel they have been disregarded by their
children.
China's elderly, traditionally revered, are now a forgotten population amid
the nation's rapid development. Stories of abandonment and mistreatment are
not uncommon. In early December, Weibo, China's version of Twitter, caught
wind of the story of a grandmother in her 90s in Jiangsu province who was
left alone in a pigsty by her children. Moreover, cases of children trying
to seize the assets of their elderly parents without approval also make
headlines frequently.
The call for these legal changes is just one result of China's three-decade-
long One-Child policy, which limited most couples to having a single child.
The policy has drastically changed the traditional family structure. As a
result, an only child becomes responsible for caring for both parents and
usually both sets of grandparents, which is a great financial burden for a
single person.
Liu Xinran, a Beijing native, told Al-Jazeera about her struggle as an only
child caring for her parents.
"As an only child in my family, I have a lot of pressure to perform well,
because the young people have to support and take care of the family. My
parents, on the other hand, have each two siblings, so when my grandma gets
sick, the aunts and uncles can take turns taking care of them," Liu
explained.
According to Jinling Evening News, one-third of the elderly population in
Nanjing were depressed or nearly depressed because they felt their children
forgot about them. One professor at the Chinese University of Political
Science and Law, Wu Changzhen, told the South China Morning Post that the
new amendment is meant to serve as a reminder of traditional obligations
about one's parents and the need to tend to them emotionally, rather than
result in actual prosecution.
A report by the National Committee on Aging is estimating a third of the
Chinese population will be 60 or older by 2053. Whether or not the law will
appease that growing population and cause the nation to revert to
traditional practices of filial piety is still to be seen. | N***M
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: Chinese Law Requires Children To Visit Elderly Parents
: If you don't visit your elderly mother in the United States, the worst you
: usually get is an angry phone call. In China, neglecting your aging parents
: has now become a far more serious matter: It can land you in court,
: according to a new law.
: Chinese Law Requires Children To Visit Elderly Parents
: (Photo: Reuters)
: China's growing elderly population is set to represent one-third of China's
: population by 2053.
: RELATED
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