A 25-year-old Chinese woman, Zhang Jin, lives in a nursing home in exchange for $30 rent and companionship. This unique arrangement reveals a new pattern for young people to address China's aging population issue.

A young Chinese woman lives in a nursing home and pays just 200 yuan (US$30) in rent a month in exchange for offering companionship to the elderly. The life choice of 25-year-old Zhang Jin reveals a new pattern for young people to live under less pressure while helping out with the country’s problem of an increasingly ageing population. Over two years ago, Zhang, a new graduate from eastern China’s Jiangxi province, moved to Suzhou in eastern Jiangsu province when she found a job there. Around....