"We're waiting to grow old."
Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present.
Stream
Social & External
Liu Yaojun
Wang Liyun
Shen Moli
Shen Hao
Li Haiyan
Gao Meiyu
Shen Yingming
Liu Xing
Zhang Xinjian
Shen Moli in youth
Young Shen Hao
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