7 - China: A Paper Dragon‪?‬ A CHILDLESS WORLD

Will China rule the 21st century? Isn’t this THE question of our time? Well, get ready because this episode delivers a definitive answer. Spoiler Alert! There will be mentions of the Last Generation, of Missing Women, of a loneliness epidemic. A talk with Heidi, a former student from Shanghai will bring us closer to the truth: that Chinese decline is already engraved in its demography 

  

Un podcast de David Duhamel produced by  MaisonK Prod 

Original music  : Ben Molinaro 

Illustration : Anna Toussaint 

  

Sources:  

Isabelle Attané, 2022, China’s New Three-Child Policy:
What Effects Can We Expect?, Population and Societies n°596  

  

Yi Fuxian 

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/china-2020-census-inflates-population-figures-downplays-demographic-challenge-by-yi-fuxian-2021-08 

  

On “effeminate men”,  

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/31/opinion/china-masculinity.html 

  

On Butler cafés 

https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1008384/chinas-hottest-new-rental-service-men-who-actually-listen 

  

On Dating classes 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/peoplesdaily/article-3244423/Chinese-university-offer-new-course-dating-students-marks-partner.html 

  

On the latest population projections 

 https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/12/05/key-facts-about-chinas-declining-population/ 

   

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