[Silver Bridge] Volume 4 · Chapter 10 · Two in the afternoon, among the hwatu and mahjong tables

Key points in 3 lines

1. This column compares how leisure spaces for older people differ in the two countries, after the author visited a senior center in Seoul and a gaming parlor in Chengdu, China.
2. The author writes that Korean senior centers are run with tax money, while Chinese gaming parlors are a private market where people pay 20 to 30 yuan per hour.
3. Rather than saying one model is right, the author argues the two models are mirrors of each other, and proposes a direction that adds technology on top of public service.

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