Meanwhile， Tan Mintao pointed out the incompleteness of the picture:

　　中国对教育的投资，我想更多的集中在大城市，名牌大学，农村中小学的投入永远很少，少到农村学生处在教育的最底层…关注中国发展的人多集中在大城市，但中国的大城市却不完全代表中国。

　　China’s investment in education is focused on big cities and key universities. Rural primary and secondary schools never receive enough investment， pushing them towards the bottom of the education pyramid… Those concerned about China’s development tend to focus their attention on big cities， which is not a complete picture of China.

　　#3 Look After the Elderly

　　With soaring elderly population， the trend in the US will be more home care and less expensive nursing homes. Here， the article argues， the US can learn from China:

　　In China the social contract has been straightforward for centuries: parents raise children; then the children care for the parents as they reach their dotage… For millions of poor Chinese， that’s a burden as well as a responsibility… Still， there are benefits that balance the financial hardship: grandparents tutor young children while Mom and Dad work; they acculturate the youngest generation to the values of family and nation; they provide a sense of cultural continuity that helps bind a society.

　　Xu Ben seems to disagree:

　　一胎化政策都落实几十年了，哪里还有什么 ‘大家庭’?　报道还说，中国人认为，将老人送入疗养院是一种耻辱…如果真是如此，哪里还会有那么多“啃老族”和无助贫困老人？

　　The one-child policy has been implemented for decades. Are there still ‘big families’? The article said the Chinese regard sending old parents to nursing homes as a shame… If this is true， why are we still seeing numerous helpless elderly and ‘parasitic children’ relying on their parents’ income?