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    Explore "china's demographics" with insightful episodes like "Special episode: Eight Numbers To Understand China" and "Young, "spoiled and miserable" in China" from podcasts like ""Global News Podcast" and "The Indicator from Planet Money"" and more!

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    Special episode: Eight Numbers To Understand China

    Special episode: Eight Numbers To Understand China

    Why are millions of apartments in China sitting empty? How has the country managed to produce as much cement in two years as the US did in the last century? For a special edition celebrating the Lunar New Year, the BBC's Asia Pacific editor Celia Hatton looks at the significance of eight numbers representing different aspects of modern China. Celia teams up with some of the BBC's China correspondents and analysts to look at topics ranging from China's marriage rates to its zodiac calendar.

    Young, "spoiled and miserable" in China

    Young, "spoiled and miserable" in China
    Every day, A Ze, a young woman in Beijing, would wake up early, do her makeup, and walk to her old work bus stop... and keep going. She'd left her job but couldn't let her parents know.

    China's urban youth unemployment rate hit 21% in June, a number way up from pre-pandemic times. But at the same time, factories are crying out for workers.

    Today, we talk about China's slowdown in growth, and how it's hit white-collar job openings the hardest, and how China's educated young people are sometimes opting out of work entirely.

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