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China has a new law that says people must visit their older relatives. This means parents or grandparents can their kids and grandkids for not visiting them. The new law will start on July 1, 2013. It is of a new campaign called the Protection of the Rights and Interests of the Elderly. China says it is so the country’s population is not left alone. There have been many stories in China’s newspapers of old people alone because their children do not visit them. More than half of China's live alone. Even though the law says children have to visit their older relatives "often," it does not say how often "" is. It also does not say how much the is for not visiting often.

China is becoming an aging because of its one child per family . In 1978, the Chinese government told all couples they could have only one child. Some families could have two or , such as those living in the countryside, minorities, or people who had twins. The Xinhua news said that at the end of 2011, almost 14 per cent of China's was over 60 years old. That's more than 184 million people. This number is because of China's rapid economic development. More and more young people are the countryside to work in China's . Their parents are left alone and have to look after themselves. There are very few homes for the in the countryside.