Meet Granny Sunshine, China’s 71-Year-Old Fashion Model

Granny Sunshine (real name: Yang Guang (Chinese: 杨光; pinyin: Yáng Guāng)) is 71 and still a fashion model. She is redefining aging in China where the wealthiest and oldest cities have a new booming “silver economy”. Quartz News travels to Shanghai to explore what happens when one of the largest workforces in the world gets old. -- Quartz is a digital news outlet dedicated to telling stories at the intersection of the important and the interesting. Visit us at to read more. Be