Fang Lianshan hunches over a plate of stir-fried beef and a plastic rice bowl in one of the Shanghai government’s new community centres for elderly people.
The 78-year-old reflects on why he prefers not to live with his 41-year-old only son. “There is a generation gap ... it is better to give each other some space.”
Previously, the Chinese had no choice but to live together because of the shortage of housing, but Mr Fang says people are now influenced by western thinking.
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