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My Will, My Way

Collectible Lego sets, pets, CDs, online gaming accounts—these are some of the items included in Jia Yuanting’s will, apart from the more traditional things such as real estate. Born in 1989, she registered her last will and testament four years ago, a common practice among her peers with law degrees.

Working at a notary agency in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Jia has seen a growing number of young clients come in for consultation in drafting their wills in recent years. Interestingly, the items they list have expanded from traditional properties such as real estate or cars to, for example, virtual assets.

“A growing number of young people no longer consider the topic of death a.

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