This chapter compares retirement migration in China and the UK, discussing factors such as language and affordability. It explores popular retirement destinations in China and highlights the efforts of Beijing to encourage its residents to spend time in places like Hainan during the winter through mechanisms and policies. The chapter also examines the motivations and selection process for retirees considering migration, including the importance of policies in decision making.
China's capital city Beijing is promoting retirement migration as a form of elderly care service and has identified the southern island of Hainan as the winter destination where the elderly will be encouraged to travel to. What policies and services will the city introduce to make this happen? / Can you survive a figurative stab in the heart if you are not the main character of a fictional story (20:46)? On the show: Laiming, Niu Honglin & Josh Cotterill