Niánqīngrén dōu qù chéng li dǎgōng, zhǐ shèng lǎorén háizi de kōngxīncūn yuè lái yuè duō.
Young people all leave to work in the cities, and there are more and more hollowed-out villages with only old people and children left.
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A recurring topic in Chinese social reporting since the 2000s. The phrase captures both the literal emptiness (empty houses, untilled fields) and the social crisis of left-behind elderly (留守老人) and children (留守儿童).
