Li, who receives a retirement pension of 2,500 yuan a month, still goes out to collect recyclable trash every day to pay a 390,000 yuan medical debt for his sick son who later died.
even china's state media does this "feel good" cliche that makes you wanna die :agony-shivering:
distasteful. at least the've made good progress expanding health coverage over the last decade
to the poor/rural area yes, to the middle class it very much reflects America but a bit less extreme
"a bit"