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cover of episode China’s birth rate crisis: why are fewer Chinese women choosing motherhood?

China’s birth rate crisis: why are fewer Chinese women choosing motherhood?

2023/1/19
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Inside China

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Holly Chik looks at China's demographic crisis: a birth rate at its lowest in 60 years and a rapidly ageing workforce approaching retirement. Beijing-based reporter Luna Sun discusses the pressures on China's Generation Z and Millenials, who must care for ageing parents while confronting the reality of choosing between careers and starting families amid soaring costs of education and housing as well as a slowing economy.