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Elderly left-behind’s new journey (9)

(People's Daily Online) 08:56, January 02, 2014

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In 2011, an elderly street singers could earn 200 yuan a day at the best; but now, with more and more street singers emerging in Guangzhou, they normally make dozens of yuan a day which is barely enough to cover their living cost. (Guangzhou Daily/ Qiao Junwei)

Nobody wishes for a lonely life in old age, but with more young people in rural region heading to big cities for jobs, it has become a common sight that elderly are left behind and stay alone at home.

There is a group of elders who don't want to stay home alone. They gather together to take a journey for a new life.

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