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news Scmp World 2026-05-18

Shanghai Grandpa Lives in Supermarket, Offers Flat to New Friend

A 78-year-old Shanghai man, who has been living in a supermarket's staff entrance for nearly a decade to combat loneliness, has offered his owned flat to a nanny he befriended there.

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