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Chinanews, Beijing, Nov. 25 – This is a group of people that are easily neglected by society. In Beijing, there is a group of old people who, in order to stay with and help their children who work in Beijing, have left their hometowns and come to live in the capital. They join the floating population in the city and they try to adapt themselves to the new environment, People's Daily reported.
Compared with the young people who come to Beijing from other places, these old people might not have to struggle hard to look for a job. They have experienced the most important events in their life, such as giving birth to babies, receiving education and finding a work. However, it is also for the same reason that they are easily forgotten by the society. People pay little attention to their needs and problems. In many residential1 communities in Beijing, one can often see some old people strolling in the community every day along with a pram2 or taking lots of vegetables in plastic bags to go home to cook meals. Many of them belong to this group. Many of them, when leaving their hometown, were obsessed3 with a sense of self-satisfaction amid villagers' envious4 look. However, even before such feelings evade5, they will have to try hard to adapt themselves to the new environment. “It's so boring living here,” said Aunt Jin, who came to Beijing only two months ago. Aunt Jin, 51, retired6 from work last year. After retirement7, she had plenty of free time. Having a daughter working in Beijing, she thought it might be good if she could come to Beijing to live with her daugher: her daughter was often busy at work. So maybe she could help her with household chores. Once she arrived in Beijing, she realized that life was not as good as she had thought. As a newcomer, she spoke8 a dialect, which made it hard for her to communite with her neighbors. Her daughter, Xiao Yi, worked as a reporter in a media company. She was often out at work. So for most of the time, Aunt Jin had to stay at home by herself. Gradually, she was no longer as cheerful as before. She often stayed alone at home. “Even if I go out, I often feel depressed,” she said. For these old people, when they left their hometown, they also abandoned their social network and the welfare benefits offered at home. If they couldn't well adapt to the new environment, they might get some mental problems, said Jiang Xiangqun, a professor at the Renmin University of China's Population and Development Research Center, who once conducted a survey on this group of people.
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