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title: In China, the law says you must visit your elderly parents
description: "With so many (male) single child households due to the one child policy, it's no surprise that China's elders are having problems with family support.
 
Now, China has a new law that forces the kids to visit aging parents!  Probably won't be the most popular law around, but visiting your aging parents -is probably not a bad idea.  Check out the story."
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# [In China, the law says you must visit your elderly parents](https://www.ltcipartners.com/blog/in-china-the-law-says-you-must-visit-your-elderly-paren)

 Written by [LTCI Partners](https://www.ltcipartners.com/blog/author/ltci-partners) | Aug 3, 2013 8:51:00 PM

With so many (male) single child households due to the one child policy, it's no surprise that China's elders are having problems with family support.

Now, China has a new law that forces the kids to visit aging parents!  Probably won't be the most popular law around, but visiting your aging parents -is probably not a bad idea.  Check out the story.

[http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/02/world/asia/china-elderly-law](http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/02/world/asia/china-elderly-law)

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