In 2022, China’s population declined for the first time in six decades. China’s working-age population has also been shrinking since 2012, with the number of people aged 16 to 59 predicted to be 830 million in 2030, according to official estimates. This number is set to fall to 700 million by 2050. The economic consequences of the demographic shifts could be far-reaching.

But beyond a growing pension crisis and labour shortage, China’s changing demographic structure is also impacting its social fabric. From single mothers by choice to the ‘three-no’ generation, why are young Chinese choosing a different path from the generations before them?

00:00 Introduction
00:27 China's growing elderly population with little money to get by
06:30 China's 'three-no' generation moving to the countryside
11:18 Countryside live streamers earning more from Chinese TikTok
15:13 Single mothers by choice and falling birthrates
18:43 Government attempts to reverse years of population control policies

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