The Chinese React To New 3-Child Policy | Street Interview
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2021
- While it’s no secret that China has a huge population of over 1.4 billion people, did you know that its birth rate has been falling for 4 consecutive years? China’s infamous one-child policy is now a distant memory, and recently, the Chinese government announced that it would allow families to have up to 3 children in an attempt to avoid a looming population crisis. So how are the Chinese reacting to this new policy and do they think it will work? We hit the streets of Shanghai to find out.
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New adults don't even want to have a single kid at this point.
And that's completely fine.
@@hunnybun7213 I agree, but the problem is a labor bust will happen. As the larger, older population begins to require end-of-life care, there will be an intense stress on the younger generation to care for them and earn enough money to take care of not only themselves but their parents. In the long run, a small population isn't the end of the world, but until the populations are balanced again (or there's a baby boom) this upcoming generation may have significant problems with care for the elderly (suicide, caretaker burnout, and homelessness are problems I could see occurring in this situation)
@@mchjsosde *China should legalize doctor assisted suicide for elderly people like Switzerland did.* So old people who can’t take care of themselves anymore and do not want to spend the rest of their lives rotting away in a assisted care/retirement home have the option of being euthanatized fast and painlessly with the help of doctors. *It could also benefit poor elderly people who have not saved any money for retirement and can no longer work.* ~ That is my retirement plan.
@@hunnybun7213 No, it really isn't fine. A lopsided age structure will have catastrophic effects not just on the economy but on civil society as a whole.
@@JD-jz5rr this is my first time hearing about using euthanasia with the older population, i might actually do that if I live long enough lmao thanks for the insight
I understand them, why have children if you can hardly keep yourself alive.
Yeah, really appreciate my parents lol
This is why almost every developed nation is having low birth rates
@@skylaswirls which is good
@@viyivy well its not that good, in the future if elderly people is more than young people it gonna have impact the country economy productivity and the GDP
@@viyivy yeah it seems like it should be good but it screws over the economy, retiring will become less of a thing because there’ll be no kids to take over the jobs. And if it becomes extreme humans will slowly die out. Once you reach about fifty you probably won’t have kids so if nobody’s having kids than teens slowly disappear, adults after, then we just have elderly
"We don't have enough people buying yachts here"
"Yeah just increase the legally allowed number of yachts people can buy from 2 to 3"
Thank goodness. Hopefully now, I’ll be able to afford to own three yachts in 557 years of working! It will be hard work but the results will be worth it!
True, they totally missed the point 😂
Excellent
"You must be 48 inches tall to ride on this coaster."
But don't worry, we just added 2 more coasters to the theme park
... that you must be 48 inches tall to ride.
China: Hmm, people aren't buying enough fish ice cream.
China: *You are now allowed to buy 3 buckets of fish ice cream.*
It's a shame. It seems like a lot of these people would like to have kids if not for the financial and time burden. It's a shame because this seems to be an issue that is spreading worldwide, not just in China.
It is completely correct to restrict the fertility population in the agricultural era and encourage the fertility population after the completion of industrialization.
Even in Thailand, the declining birth rate is a issue. We are moving tonaging society and many people dont want to have kid because of the cost of having kid--pamper, school fee, clothing, food and even more when they turn into teen.
@@priwithap The one child policy isn't the only factor here, but it was a major one. In a society where 2 parents have 2 children on average, the population will stay roughly the same; the fact that the most you could have was 1 child for such a long period in time stunted the following generation when those only children become adults. If prices and wages don't adapt to the market soon the birth rate will only continue to tank
It is not financially feasible for most.
They have more time for hobbies.
My Chinese colleague laughed when she announced this news in our office. “Affording one child is expensive enough and now they want us to have three? Is this a joke?” She said in chinese.
She can’t help herself to speak in her native language 😂😂
I think a major misunderstanding is that when the policy came out, people complained like the govt was forcing them to have 3 kids, but actually the policy was just giving full rights to people who actually want 3 kids...
@@airans7338 yeah but the problem is government CAN FORCE people and probably ( I hope not) WILL FORCE people in the future.
@@vaiyaktikasolarbeam1906 Dang China is scary!! China force too much on politics and families private lives! Plus too many poor people in China that needs help that's what Chinese government really needs to change is to help their fellow people who's already struggling.
@@vaiyaktikasolarbeam1906 I know right. Like being tax more or paying a penalty if U don’t have kids.
I see a lot of ppl struggling to raise a kid while paying rent in Shanghai. Forget about raising 3 kids in big cities like Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai... lol
Fun Fact: Approximately 50% of American children born at the turn of the 20th century had blue eyes. Today only about 15% of Americans have blue eyes. Even *rich (millionaire), tall (6’0), good looking, blue/green eyed men* like Leonardo DiCaprio, Grant Gustin, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jared Leto, did not have any children. *Even BILLIONAIRE, tall, blue eyed Jack Dorsey (Twitter founder and CEO) decided to not have children*
The daily pains we all experience; too tired to wake up in the morning, headaches, thirst, urge to urinate, urge to empty our bowels, the weather (too cold, too hot, humid, windy, rain), tiredness. On top of this, are the major sufferings, losing loved ones, major physical illnesses ( *including the illnesses that will lead to death in old age* ). Add to this, the potential harms , physical illness ( there are more than hundred diseases ) , mental illness, depression, relationship problems , crime ( violence , theft ) , financial problems , job loss , unemployment, poverty, hunger, malnutrition, accidents ( *accidents can happen very easily* ) , climate change, rising sea levels, natural disasters, earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, drought, food shortages, clean drinking water shortages, air pollution, ect. Life is mostly filled with negatives. *Refraining from reproducing would end 100% of human suffering permanently*
there are also a few black African American people with blue/green eyes like Logan Browning, Tyra Banks, Steph Curry, Ayesha Curry, Jada Pinkett Smith, Michael Ealy, Nicole Murphy, ect.. So don’t call me racist. I was just giving examples of celebrities who did not have any children
I think their would be different perspectives from people in rural areas
Cities like shangai , Beijing ,etc need high costs for living
@@JD-jz5rr Dude, how many bongs did you have before commenting?
Chinese guy: Yeah houses are expensive in a good school district, they’re like $15,000…
Me: Oh that’s cheap!
Chinese guy: …per square meter.
Me: 😰
LMAO same but surprisingly some parts of china is really cheap though. Think of moving from California to somewhere in the South as the reference! But yeah some places are overpriced xd
@Daniel Okeke TV 1 USD -> 6.48 Yuan atm
I did that in the context of average income and what the purchasing power is for being in China vs America as a normal average daily worker. Since people are under the impression of either 5-10K USD a year as slave labor however the amount of purchasing power that has in China is more then enough to live comfortably/leisurely without much concerns.
I am like "Isn't an average wage in Beijing like $1200? Who the hell can afford these prices!?!"
I couldn't even pay for a single square meter of those houses LOL **laugh in brokenness**
2000rmb＞3000usd in shanghai
The young generation here probably have the same problem in Singapore where they have to support their elderly parents who were not rich and also look after their own children - the 'sandwich generation'. No way they can afford to have that many kids.
agreed
"Men should have paternity leave just like women." I agree with that 👍
This request might suit for rest of the world as chinese companies are not even following the basic labour laws. most of the Chinese companies make the people to work for excessive hours. Even though its government has a 40 hours work law, most of the company make people to work 996.
@@sriranga.rajan.1 there are 168 hours in a week.
@@zaraiwzarapls do not misunderstand. 996 means 9am to 9pm, 6days in a week.
@@sriranga.rajan.1since you compared 40 to 996, i thought you said 996 hours, but anyways, laws are very strict in china, i think it is as rare as developed countries
Why ?
The most effective form of contraceptives is high price houses. This is true everywhere
Lol
Nice
Not going to say which country but, in their (rent) house they have 3 - 9 children.
"money can be found, wheel (of life) is turning" basically the most common thing I've heard from people who had many kids, no house (rent), and struggling financially. Sounds naive tbh.
In theory, yes. In practice, poor people from underdeveloped countries make tons of babies, anyway.
@@thulsa_doom Lol that's super true take our country as an Example
For lots of parents, having children was not for the children, it’s for themselves. They wanted to use children carry on the family bloodline. They push their kids to work hard since they are babies so that the parents can brag. They use their kids as retirement. Naturally they don’t want kids now because kids are expensive and can’t be used as retirement packages anymore.
This. ^^^^
Harsh but true....
True. The Chinese culture of considering children as retirement plan cannot continue in younger generation. They know their children will have great burden not just education but also buying apartment and marriage. No way you can profit from having children nowadays
Yes in the old systems that was true. Grandfather and mother stayed with the family. So having kids succeed meant a good end of your life.
Now, societies changed, everything changes, systems are disrupted and reformed in other ways. So old values mean nothing anymore.
Not saying, long time ago everything was better.... just saying that right now most of us have to question what we are even doing!
the ugly truth tho
The “996” is crazy!!! 12 hours a day for 6 days a week. That’s insane!!! It’s impossible to have a life......
For a good night sleep it would mean 8h sleep, 12h work, 4h spare to live your life the way you want it and before you know it you need to get ready to work again.
@@User-gr8rq 4 hours that if you don’t count the commute. It really blows my mind.
I didn't post this, and I somehow cant delete it...? sorry?
most of Chinese high school students study 7 10 7.😭
That's why the government is now taking down such companies as Alibaba.
my parents were both only children so they had the option of having another child after me, but they decided not to. It's not surprising that people are reluctant to accept a 3-child policy, given how their generation consists mostly of one child families.
because it might be new experience or unusual thing for parents who were themselves a single kid for their parents.
@@pikachuthunderbolt3919 it’s not just new or unfamiliar. Personally for me, I love my daughter so much that I want to give every best bit of the world to her. If I have a second child, I probably wouldn’t be able to provide as much as providing her alone. Raising more children would definitely spare my energy and time and money.
I'm in the USA, and came from a big family (6 kids). And my wife came from a family of 9. We both wanted to have multiple kids, growing up and having lots of family around was always nice. I mean yeah, there were struggles too, and siblings fights and don't always get along. But having brothers and sisters and lots of cousins was always fun. And I wanted that for my kids too.
But I can also see how only ever knowing 1 kid per family would make that kind of situation in China a very foreign idea for most people.
@@andmicbro1 definitely
I just have one younger sibling , but I definitely never get bored at home.
As we always sort something interesting in our free time .
Even we fight though but we get help and companionship for school work , projects , sports , watching movies , video games , cooking , in helping domestic chores , sharing things
When u are sad , your younger one always come near to u to make u laugh or come out of the situation.
😊😊😊
@@pikachuthunderbolt3919 tbh, most people ik are worried about the costs. they are also mad at the government for not apologizing about the whole one child policy. it seems like they have forgotten how they forced abortions in the name of supporting your nation....
Would've been interesting to see the perspectives of slightly older people who were actually parents during the one child policy era.
Yes, I second this opinion
They interviewed like 3 people lol
@@PK-eo8kp Maybe they interviews more people but just decided to include a few of those?
@@PK-eo8kp *interviewed, not able to edit my comment for some reason
It would be frustrating in my opinion- their jobs were at stake so they had to follow the rules, and now all of a sudden the same government that made those rules starts asking for something like this.
This situation is happening everywhere. Too many people on the planet, funneling of wealth to the super rich, scarce resources, increased competition, increased individualism, stagnant wages, long work hours. All these are factors.
@Riorozen I don’t disagree with you there. But (based on my intuition) these problems probably would be even worse if China hadn’t implemented population control. China would essentially be like India, with a population close to 2 billion or more.
Lmao rich people has nothing to do with people not wanting kids, it has to do with increased overall wealth and development bruh
@Riorozen But this is happening all over the world, it's not exclusive to China.
@@foottoast4235 I think you underestimate the staggering amount of wealth that people like Jeff Bezos have
@@hsun7997 l don't think you understand how wealth is created
I'm from Singapore and growing up all I ever heard was how my siblings and I were "investments" to take care of my parents when they are old. I have younger 2 siblings and we were forced to share everything and as the oldest I was basically their mom while my actual mom worked to pay for 3 kids. It really sucked and I already decided I'm never having kids when I was 12 lol. We didn't have the 1-child policy here but the culture is the same. We have to take care of our parents when they're old, give them a portion of our salary etc. I don't need kids; I already have to take care of my old folk!
It´s the same in Brazil. "Who will take care of you, when you get old?, what about if your husband wants it?"... I hear that always when I say I don't want to have children. 🙄🙄🙄
Same with Filipinos
I have to admit that I really want to have children one day and partly it is out of selfishness. I am afraid that I might be alone and without family when I'm old and in need of care. Not even from a financial standpoint but from a social one. (But I live in a country with good financial welfare/pensions etc.)
Fun Fact: Your old folks will ask when you'll get married anyway.
@@bearo8 children are not your older age insurance policy.. You may be in one place and your children may only see you once a year. If you look at aged care facilities, most residents receive a family visit a couple of days in a year. Many have no visitors. Referring to the west
Having a generation with little to no experience of being a sibling or even really seeing siblings grow up and interact with each other must make it a really weird, new and possibly even terrifying thing to try to attempt
Wow, you're so right! I never thought about it that way. I'm a twin so I didn't even consider it. I think I have a clear idea of what I'd do if my kids started fighting or getting jealous ect but I bet it would be really hard if you've hardly even seen kids with siblings.
Why smart than winnie the pooh?
Fun Fact: Approximately 50% of American children born at the turn of the 20th century had blue eyes. Today only about 15% of Americans have blue eyes. Even *rich (millionaire), tall (6’0), good looking, blue/green eyed men* like Leonardo DiCaprio, Grant Gustin, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jared Leto, did not have any children. *Even BILLIONAIRE, tall, blue eyed Jack Dorsey (Twitter founder and CEO) decided to not have children*
The daily pains we all experience; too tired to wake up in the morning, headaches, thirst, urge to urinate, urge to empty our bowels, the weather (too cold, too hot, humid, windy, rain), tiredness. On top of this, are the major sufferings, losing loved ones, major physical illnesses ( *including the illnesses that will lead to death in old age* ). Add to this, the potential harms , physical illness ( there are more than hundred diseases ) , mental illness, depression, relationship problems , crime ( violence , theft ) , financial problems , job loss , unemployment, poverty, hunger, malnutrition, accidents ( *accidents can happen very easily* ) , climate change, rising sea levels, natural disasters, earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, drought, food shortages, clean drinking water shortages, air pollution, ect. Life is mostly filled with negatives. *Refraining from reproducing would end 100% of human suffering permanently*
there are also a few black African American people with blue/green eyes like Logan Browning, Tyra Banks, Steph Curry, Ayesha Curry, Jada Pinkett Smith, Michael Ealy, Nicole Murphy, ect.. So don’t call me racist. I was just giving examples of celebrities who did not have any children
It's ironic that the one-child policy was strictly implemented in a generation of parents who wanted more children. And now, after raising at least 2 generation of people who are used to living in solitude, the government wants them to propagate? Food, clothing and shelter is just the tip of the problem. The real challenge is having the good education, keeping up with trends like fashion, beauty and tech gadgets, and TIME spent together as a family.
History is always the surprising coincidence and similar.
It’s really funny that older generations usually want more kids but only allowed to have one yet we don’t want any child but have this policy
What gets me though.... 3 child policy.... what of those poor people who before weren’t able to keep a 2nd child? Not a cool policy to implement. The choice is great but where’s the thought for previous mothers and fathers?
The government shouldn't interfering with the demographic in the first place they should let the natural growth or if they obligated to control it then they shouldn't limiting the birthrate below 4 children but now the damage is done they need to figure out how to ease the demographic transition efficiently and that's talk applies to all countries in the world
Yes it is.
But if you consider this in another way, actually the one-child policy did work…this generation got relatively better education opportunities and better raised, compared to their parents.
Of course every policy would have its pros and cons.
The woman who doesn't want a kid is right. Paternity leave is equally important. The traditional idea of men being the primary breadwinner causes women to not only work (then suffer career setback from childbirth) but also become affiliated with the role of being the family caretaker. If the woman has to 996 and the man has to 996, then they should both have the benefit/responsibility of looking after the kid.
@@thecapatalistpropagator_9470 This is not just a man's world. Both men and women live in this world so it belongs to them both. Just because women carry children doesn't mean that the children are the sole responsibility of the women. And the cost of living in most countries is so high its extremely difficult to survive just with one working person so women have to work too.
Well, that’s because we’re talking about urban areas, where jobs are not very physically demanding, if a place only has jobs that are physically demanding, then the women should help by taking care of the house
@@thecapatalistpropagator_9470 if your answer is forcing women to have children just to keep some ‘culture existing’ as you put it, then the culture deserves to be extinct. The alternative you should have considered instead of ‘force’ would be incentives such as money or paid leave for both parents to share the burden of child rearing. You don’t need a woman to raise a child.
@@patrickaccioly4398 it depends. If you’re talking about agriculture, then we do see males taking a dominant role. And it also depends on location and technology. Are we talking about oxen or a vehicle when tending the fields? When it comes to horticulture, matriarchs are somehow more common. Probably because tending to small gardens or gathering do not require intense physical labor. That is not to say women are incapable of labor intensive tasks.
@@thecapatalistpropagator_9470 Subsidies alone does not alleviate the uncertainties of the future. Reality is population growth in current environment is unsustainable. Resources are dwindling (deforestation, climate change, etc) and urban areas are competitive, making certain lifestyles difficult to maintain.
There’s also this assumption that women are unwilling to start families, but do not forget there are men who also feel the same way! Having children is a financial burden that is not to be taken lightly.
Forcing women to give birth is archaic. If countries are so concerned with making children, spend some time investing in artificial wombs.
There are psychological differences between growing up as a single child and as a child with siblings.
There are also different parental needs and provisions required to support a 3 child household.
Usually in multi-child households the help of grandparents and their parenting experience can help.
The issue here is that the grandparents do not have any experience raising multiple children because of the one child policy that lasted many generations.
Meh, it was only one generation. I'm part of the one-child generation, but my parents had multiple siblings, so they do know what that's like.
Yes but when the whole society are single child cousins are the new siblings. I know because I'm one and my cousins and I play all the time together, sharing childcare at grand parents' place.
@@maggiejetson7904 🙌🙌💯
I know most of the audience is young viewers so Asian Boss wants to interview younger people in their videos, but I would have been interested to hear the thoughts of the older population, as their opinion would be based on their personal experience of having paid the price of the one-child policy.
believe me , one child policy is the best for Chinese, especially for girls.I can get my parents’ full love , rather than sharing with some annoying brothers
@@rl3969 troll alert
I am a second born child originating from China. My parents were in the upper lower class, 200 RMB would be how much they earned every month, and life was pretty hard for them. When they wanted a second child, they had to wait until my dad’s company moved them to Hong Kong to work in the 1990s.
My parents believe that the one child policy has its own benefit in developing a country and pushing its economy (due to having more resources) but still had some human rights consequences. If you push that under the table and wait until 200 years later to look back on this policy, historians will probably regard this as a successful policy. The policy cannot be called a setback like the Great Leap Forward as it has achieved its goal, but it should not be celebrated as a success of China because it did bring a lot of trauma to the people. My parents didn’t pay a lot of price for this policy because they followed it (since they wouldn’t be able to afford the fine) but that doesn’t mean it didn’t affect others.
@@rl3969 i agree with you sister, I am the only girl in my family, my parents support my PhD in civil engineering, they support me whether get married or not to. If I have a brother I probably go to work to bring money to the family already. Those ppl who calling you ‘troll’ really don’t understand what’s happening in China only want to blame everything on the government to show their system is better, but no, I have lived in the USA for some years now, they really not ‘better’, just taking the advantage of having smaller populations
Ya this interview is so boring because the responses are all similar and predictable.
Meanwhile, in historical chinese dramas, they are always talking about "the fifth son" and "third daughter" and such. Things sure have changed in 2000 years
General trend for the entire world. As recently as 100 years ago, people were having many children. It used to be that having a lot of children was normal because 1) the extra children were needed for farming work, and 2) many children died at a young age so more children were needed to ensure some survived to adulthood. This changed as childhood mortality decreased, the need for manual farm labor decreased, and the cost of having a child - in terms of time and money - increased.
@@EscapeVelocity11186 + the poor could not afford contraception and in some places contraception is shamed upon.
@@EscapeVelocity11186 you forget to mention that back then they knew little about birth prevention. Unsafe and faulty prevention methods were allowed. Aside from farming work, there was little else to preoccupy people or to expend their energies and reactive minds. I was an accidental child with 2 older brothers. And that was 1963, not as far back as 1923...or 1763.
@@EscapeVelocity11186 and you forget to consider the hidden costs. You are generous to believe that only time and money are needed in raising any person to be decent, useful, not a liability, safe to be around, content, etc. And once raised, that he or she can be set free to engage with others and in different situations without setbacks or catastrophe. 🤨😖🙄
And then to handle those setbacks, and hopefully not catastrophic. 😱🥵😵
Here in the slums of the Philippines you'll see a family of 15. Crazy how they multiply despite the living condition. 🐇
I can't even take care of myself, how can i take care of others? And I can't afford to be stressed just to have a kid lol
@Nimr ATIYEH he's not talking about affordability but ability to take care of himself & others first before bringing a life into this deteriorating world
@Nimr ATIYEH What dollar amount should a person make per year to afford a child? I mean I see people working retail into their 60's their whole lives
In America you have to marry a man who is older than you and wealthy so that you don’t have to work. Or your wealthy parents sponsor you.
The worst part is that the company expect you work extra hours for free. And if you want to buy a house, you need to empty "4 wallets" (your parent's wallets and your grand parent's wallets) and a loan that you need to work 30 years to pay off. And the price of everything is raising but your salary stays the same. you work 996 and spend the rest of the free time looking for part time job. There's no time to even meet new people. Everyone's social circle is getting smaller and smaller until there's only your parents and coworkers on your contact list.
Well it's not that extreme here in my country Germany. I don't know where you are from but here full time work is roughly around 35-40 hours a week. Your salary is enough even for travel in the holidays, 30 days vacation for everyone by law, trade unions fight for higher wages every year etc.. So it is really horrible for me to read all these comments here. I'm glad it is not that bad here.
@@run8196 cuz people here wanna enjoy their life instead of raising children. we don't work 996 like in China, we have plenty of free time and salaries are high enough. so it's not about the money, people just wanna have fun and not raise children. btw school education and university is totally free for everyone and the quality is among the best in the world (healthcare the same)! And if you can't afford a house the government helps you a lot with subsidies and so on...the situation is totally different to USA and East Asia here and I'm glad about that.
@@run8196 also feeling lucky that in Australia we seem to get paid high salaries and work 40 hours a week. I thought 9-5 was bad but now that i see the 996 i’m suddenly feeling grateful for it 😅
It's expensive. The work hours of all my family in China are insane. If housing was more affordable, it would be okay. However, the education costs & housing costs makes it unsustainable to have a large family.
Yup and the rent/mortgage is the biggest expense for everyone.
It's the same all over East Asia. Rent and buying a house has become a dream at this point. *a study was done in Korea, and it was found for the average young Korean to be able to afford a family style home in the city, it would take them half of their life to achieve (mid to late 40s)*
I don't know how this is considered reasonable!
It's also just not fair that the governments aren't giving incentives or providing financial help to growing families.
With all those hours working. The kids won't have much of a father figure.
@@rockinchik06 Interesting. It seems that this is becoming the case across the world now. It will be nearly impossible to afford a home or raise a family for the millennial and younger generations. This makes me wonder if it really is a global conspiracy of population control and market manipulation and exploitation. If we were in a free market or had truly caring governments, they could fairly easily make homes and having a family affordable again. But they'd rather just have everyone working to the max just to pay for their own survival.
Oof the problems of a developed country :( it's the same case in most countries
The problem was never about having another child. It is what happens after that. The education cost, the housing cost(Chinese parents usually support with buying house) or even daily living expenses making it impossible to raise more than one child in China for average family, especially if you favour quality over quantity. I have one daughter and already kind of struggling with financial problems which never happened before.
May I ask why you decided to have or raise children? Was you lifestyle unsatisfactory prior to having your daughter? I am sorry to hear that you are struggling, but financial (or monetary) problems can be easily and readily resolved if some party/entity is willing to.
Quality determines quantity.
When there is no quality, there should be no quantity. At least this is my belief.
Are they speaking their honest opinion considering Big Brother is watching at 2:01?
@@wip1664 I just felt like I want to have a child and watch him/her grow and achieve things. My struggle on finance is to compare to my life prior to having my daughter. I was able to afford most of the things I wanted before, now I need to consider a lot more things since i need to bring my daughters expense into consideration. Sure, materialistcally, my life could be a little better if I didn't have my child, but mentally i think I'm in a better state. So, no regrets.
@@puga4202 I too felt that way back in the late '90's. Although I was not as thoughtful about it as you. I just felt that having children was the next step after marriage. It was affordable to us, and I felt I can handle the job.
Times are very different. Wish you the best.
@@wip1664 thanks!!
At 12:30 a cop is taking photos of this Chinese interviewing team. Can they get in trouble for putting real uncensored Chinese thoughts on the net, since China doesn't really allow internet access without censorship (or at least from my understanding)?
Thank you so much for doing this interview, as a Chinese, these people's answers are what I can hear very common in China, you're creating dialogues where people can speak freely with less stereotypes.
It's the same everywhere. The cost of raising a child is in the back of their heads, having more kids means needing more money.
We're more worried about surviving and providing for ourselves nowadays. Having kids in today's day and age where everything is so expensive, is a disaster and a nightmare waiting to happen. Not only is it stupid, but it's also not fair to the child either. They deserve to live a happy life without seeing their parents struggle if they'll have enough money to pay rent, and food for them to eat. They didn't consent to being born just to struggle.
@@toomessy I am inside concerned about child safety and kidnapping and what happens at school 😟
Well not for Muslims
@@sasmalprasanjit2764 how come?
@@bots102 He has a point. Objectively observing they have more kids.
They need to raise their wages and reduce working hours, and implement fair policies for women on top of this too.
Omae wa mou shinderu
@@xavier6887 NANI ????
Agree with raising wages and reducing working hours. But women's rights and fair policies are better in China than in Japan or S. Korea.
@@cleve21ful Doesn’t mean it couldn’t be better
Yes
Globally its hard enough to rise one child, let alone three. Good luck with that. Speaking for myself i don't want to have even one child, I'm good as i am, thanks.
In comparisons I think the countryside has the advantage to raise more than two children.
I’m not sure how raising children in the countryside works in the western countries, but in China, people know each other in small villages so they can look after each other.
@@ailinyu6617 In my country there are no more villages.The youth moved into the cities. Now what used to be villages are turned into huge farms for agriculture or are abandoned. Anyway its expensive - childhood,school... also with nowadays women its hard, it's not like it used to be with my parents and grand parents generations.Marriages don't last very long...
@@bankaiiibankaaa4573 ikr in today most people are pursuing wealth…
Not in middle east
The one child policy was already stupid enough. All it did was to make sure that there will be a lot more elders in the future than youth, so now there will be extra pressure on the youth to support a lot more elders.
At the same time, it also ensured that civil strife caused by famine and unemployment did not occur, these are much more cruel than [more elders]. This world does not start in 2021, the situation in the past is much different.
Not only that, the ratio of men and women was almost 3:1, since men are more valued...
it actually wasnt. china became really poor almost 100 years ago. there was a world war and a civil war. after that the population growth was outpacing the sustainability. infrastructure was wayyyyy behind. there was not enough of anything to go around, be it food electricity or clean water and housing. we just don't realize it but we as humans do this all the time. just to animals. when theres a overpopulation of like wolves in area it threatens the natural balance of the food chain in the region and so hunters are permitted to hunt them down in order to decrease the population. now that china has become the 2nd wealthiest country in the world their policies are obviously changing. some policies are done out of necessity during that time and amended or abolished at a later stage.
@@qs332 Yes, so true. China pulled them out of extreme poverty, but today China’s growth on the world economy is “one of the greatest achievements in World History”. The poverty rate went from 88% to less than 1% and life expectancy increase by more than 10 years. And many more achievement can be added.
Raising a kid (properly) is just unaffordable for most people in our generation these days. the amount of time and money the parents need to spend is unimaginable. I rather have a dog or cat.
So unimaginable that my grandmother did it while working in a mine.
I agree.
@@MsJavaWolf Did you not read his comment?
Chinese aren't the only one facing low birth rate and aging population, Japanese and Korean are in the same situation (or maybe even worse). But keep in mind that Chinese have a much larger population than Japanese and Korean (who aren't even 1/4 of the Chinese population together). So Chinese are not going to go extinct anytime soon. If we add up the overseas Chinese - Chinese populace will be approximately about 2 Billion.
Chinese are just that massive in number; I've no idea how they grew into this size!
@@jackjackyphantom8854 Quite a while back, there was an emperor in China, or a president. One of the two, and he had created a policy in china that basically said if you have lots of children, you are a good person and very honourable. He did this because he wanted more people for war in the future. That went out of hand leading to a massive population boom and the one child policy was introduced fast forward a while and were in the present. Essentially, China causes itself problems by trying to control everything.
Everything is getting more and more expensive everywhere! Living in a middle class is a struggle, you can barely and sometimes can't even manage yourself to live a proper life, how are people supposed to just pop kids like that???
because standards have increased too much
This interview should also cover some rural area…
Shanghai is too unique for this topic
Exactly, even in my country young people dont want children anymore, because it's simply too expensive, housing is unaffordable, clothes, food, vehicles, schools, hospitals, Colleges and Universities etc became unaffordable. Governments and the wealthy greedy people are the root cause of the overinflated costs of everything.
Right
@@beany1944 corrupt government and the ones who control em
hey thx for making the interview, you ask good questions!
wow these interview are very well done, praise to this channel
New adults are in "Sandwitch Generation"
Must provide support for both their parents and their child.
Don't all generations face that situation?
@@ananyaananya651 It's difficult since everyone is an only child. So 2 people in a couple supporting 4 grandparents, while in other countries, there's more siblings who pitch in to care for aging parents.
@@michellepauling7449 I'm kinda worried about that too 😕
with the baby boomers (the largest generation ever in numbers) fully going into retirement and new adults fully entering the work force now in the most expensive and competitive times, that's a massive problem globally - being an only child makes it even worse
Everyone in asia does this, it's not new.
People also forget that having more children in the 1950s was driven by economical factors too. You can put children to work in the 1950s, they can farm, work in factories, sell street food, etc. Many poorer families in the countryside will have more than one child exactly for that reason.
So having children in the city is expensive because they consume resources and child labour is banned, but having children in the countryside is a necessity because they contribute to the family's income even though these children will never be skilled labour because they don't have the same educational opportunities as city kids.
This comment is underrated.
Exactly! that's why with the one child policy families wanted a boy because the son would remain in the family houselod which means the workforce remains and supports the family while tge daughter would be given to the husband and live with his family: lose the workforce plus the dowry they had to pay
The baby boom was caused by a strong economy and abundance of resources after the two world wars
it's a never-ending cycle
@@ireneserrano4570 Chinese pay bride price from groom's family to bride's family though. Dowry from bride's family to groom's family is more of an Indian thing, as far as I know.
7:42 how her expression completely changes as the guy suggests having more than 2 kids
Amazing video man, watching from here in America it is amazing to see and hear the perspectives of those living in China towards their own country, also great listening practice for me learning chinese. 谢谢！
Meanwhile Singapore has banned egg freezing to encourage women to have children now than later. Women in Singapore who are not ready for children but are able to afford the procedure are now having their eggs frozen in neighboring countries.
Those poor women. Carrying a child to term is for young women. Nursing a child, waking up in the middle of the night, running around to the park. .... this is all so much easier when you are young. Freezing eggs doesn't help these problems.
really i am an Singaporean and i didn't know this? who is the government to tell us when to have kids imao
@@lavaa9669 sometimes many, and the Singaporeans tend to forget Singapore is an authoritarian state that doesn’t have free press. when you point that out, an angry Singaporean will just say ‘you are just jealous of us’… oh well…
‘An enlightened authoritarian state’ they said…
@@nehcooahnait7827 That have the best healthcare according to PolyMatter. Uh,uh,uh.
In Finland we have paid maternity and paternity leave and with every extra children, a family get's more and more money monthly. This does nothing to the birthrate, unfortunately.
Because of harsh divorce laws and alimony I presume?
Could you please share why it doesn’t work out in Finland?
Social security, good healthcare and education means that more children stay alive. Also more people can be focused on having a career and "succeeding" in life than having children.
Yeah I think that's a europe thing, no? Germany is the same. You can legally take 4 years off of work to raise your child and still have a work contract at your old company.
@Indian I agree with you, when men aren't valued as fathers and laws favor women mostly nobody gets married. On the bright side we need a population decline worldwide
The only reason I’m glad I was a child at the one child policy is that I ended up with a really great family in the states
I'm glad it turned out well for you. 💐
Awesome! I got huge respect for couples that decide to adopt or take in children and raise them like their own flesh and blood.
Same for my friend and her sister. Happy for you and your family.
You sound brainwashed by the west. I’m Asian American and I support China!!
@@icephoenix3565 I never said that I didn't support China, but all they did for me was get me abandoned on the sidewalk. I live in the US with a white family so pardon me if I seem "brainwashed" by the west, but In realityI have no reason to support china because again the only thing china has done for me is get me left in a cardboard box on the sidewalk when I was 3 days old.
In Germany we have paid paternity leave for Men. And still it's not "normal" for men to take it without batting a second thought. Numbers are going up tho. 👍
Paternity leave for all is definitely a good opportunity for Men to bond closer with the kids. And support the woman who just gave birth at home.
Germany is also rich enough to do that and it's demographic decline gradual. China's decline is free falling and the country isn't rich either.
I think paternity leave should be mandatory. Like, your wife is pregnant? Give us a due date and you will have paternity leave. That way, the men who feel that they shouldn't take it because of cultural norms but want to get to have the paternity leave they are entitled to
@@sblbb929 well, china isnt THAT poor
" limit women's paternity leave, and give the men paternity leave"
That actually very smart. That way both will be equal and companies wont be picky about gender of their employees if both will have equal leave.
If you only gives women leave, this will make, on average man work longer than women. Hence more useful. Which incentives them to only hire men.
Based
One of those rare person who actually understands the problem
here in Russia "parental leave" is not gendered. Legally fathers can postpone job to care for a child, but in reality noone does it and if anyone would choose to do so, others would probably be like "is that legal?!". Laws are one thing, but there're cultural norms/traditions/customs/trends/memes. It's like male babysitter or male nurse. There're restrictions on a cultural level, which maintain gender descrimination no matter the laws. I wouldn't even be surprised if it turns out that in China parental leave is not gendered either, but it's just that noone ever seriously considered that a man would use it)
@@glebkoshelev yep, that also one problem of it.
Women have to take leave, cause biological condition cant be tolerated.
While men, can choose not to.
@@meferswift it's both problem and solution. To make it equal through law, it would need to be something like forbidding both genders to work. It's extreme. Meanwhile many cultures already have built in "compensations" for natural differences between genders. I think the problem is that those cultural mechanisms are pushed to the side when there's a sense of poverty, of extreme competition, of danger. At least that's how it looks like from my perspective. I saw my culture in relative poverty and I see it in relative wealth. Men and women used to push each other to get on a bus and now it's "ladies first". I don't know if chinese culture has some kind of "gentleman ethics", but it sure looks like they don't have opportunity for such ethics to even be manifested as of now. I probably wouldn't think much about troubles of other people if I would work 996)))
One important reason is that nowadays people would choose to enjoy their life if there were any leisure time. Having kids will further shrink the leisure time already shrinked by their job.
Yeah good point .
yup
@Shimmy Shai horrible
@Mike Hunt Is that how you people are calling them nowadays? Honestly I see your point, the western culture of dating/marriage/family building is unrealistic with the economical situation of our generation, it's pathetic that people still act like the youth should be having relantionships the same way their parents had when it's unsustainable for most of us.
@@marinaaguas9219 And dim as life may seem, still we’re living in an age with all various kinds of ways to acquire entertainment. Entertainment comes much more diverse, much more convenient, much more effective and even much more addictive than the past.
Interesting topic, thanks
996?? How on earth would someone be expected to have a child, let alone three, if they're working almost every minute of their lives? You can't keep working people more and more and then magically expect them to have the time and resources to create new people to replace the aging. Symptoms of a broken system.
I remember this woman in the news who was so outraged talking about "it's IMPOSSIBLE to love two kids or more, there's always going to be a favourite!"
Yes, you can have a favorite child, but that doesn't mean you don't love your other children any less. Most parents with favorite kids tend to have the decency to treat all of their kids equally.
@Saurav Bhandari That's only a rare scenario, most children grow up to be normal people. Having more than one kid isn't a bad thing, if your kid is messed up and doesn't feel as loved is because you showed your favoritism. If you have a favorite kid, just don't show it to your other kids or family, it's not that hard.
imagine a family with 15 children ...
mostly the fav child among two is younger one
as younger are given more affection from any member of family
and the reason is he/ she is younger 😊
but It doesn't mean u would discriminate them on large purposes.
@@Dom_om_nom nah my mom always treats my little sister better even in fights when its obviously her fault she going ignore it and when its my fault and sometimes not I will get scolded so bad and she always gets boba milk tea every week I get nothing
This was very interesting to watch. Due to the one child policy, my biological parents gave me up and I was adopted when I was 1 1/2 years old by my parents. My two other sisters (not biological) were also given up for the same reason. Love the content, thanks Asian Boss
Sending best wishes to you❤️
Damn, your parents were angels. Adopting 3 children. Best of luck to your family
@@itsgenkigirl thank you so much!
@@johnswagger7971 haha yea they were great. Thank you!
@@johnswagger7971 yess
12:15 authorities taking photos 😁 as if cctv's aren't enough
BigBrother is watching you 😁
Looking at his uniform, he's most probably a security of that area. I guess he's just reporting to his boss as some companies don't allow unregistered filming and events at their building.
I noticed that too. Why would anyone in China feel safe enough to have a child? As a parent myself, I can't imagine loving someone as much as a mother loves a child, and having no idea how hard or punishing a life they would endure under the Chinese regime. People in democratic countries have children because they feel safer about their children's futures. I would NEVER have a child to create a government slave workforce for the future!
@@MsK-xm7vw ?????? I assure you eberyone in China feels free and happy I general. And support our government as we understand our system is most suited to our society. And there is absolutely freedom in our life. So shut up
@@MsK-xm7vw don’t comment on sth you don’t understand. If you don’t have anything good to say. SHUT UP
Excellent interviews
Its impossible for normals like us to afford 2+ child . Things are not like it used to be in the 90s/80s where we can buy houses with just few years of work
I wonder what it changed?? Why for example, in Europe or North America our population is declining but houses have become more expensive?
@@mitonaarea5856 You need to consider other people seek refuge in North America or either Europe and migration (for work, etc.) is another reason as well.
@@mitonaarea5856 greed and the lack of raising wages to adjust for inflation. So basically greed.
Everyone I know has 3 kids and a home. They just live as frugal as possible. Just like previous generations had to do to buy a home.
@Nij Jin bruh today inflation goes brrrrrrrrr everything's expensiver and wage don't grows :/
3 kids are a lot. Especially during the current economic situation where the future is full of uncertainties. Not only that, the working hours are very long in Asia as well. By the time they are home they will be dead tired, and the last thing anyone would want in that situation is to deal with 3 babies lol.
yea
even 1 is a lot, especially in asia
@@LokTar_Ogar93 I thought no child is a lot.
@@LokTar_Ogar93 yeah but the 1 child policy will definitely harm China's population, especially since its aging population is very high
@@jeff-np9jm Exactly, In China especially in the urban area, many people even don't want to have a child. The problem is not about how many children you can have, it's how can you afford even one child.
OMG! These people think! Whenever I see street interviews in the USA or in Spain, it makes me wonder what people do with the taxes we spend on education - even when they express themselves they sound so simple and unprepared! But these people - the ones in this video - are reading reports, not pieces of news! I'm impressed!
Great. Thanks to share.
That lady's reaction at 7:45 when the dude says he wants two kids. And then the sigh of relief when he continues..🤣
Her whole face went "excuse me, is that SO?" to "That's what I thought, alright."
😐
His hubby is smooth talker
I noticed that too lol glad I’m not the only one
Spot on
I think that goes for people all over the world everything is getting expensive.. prices are going up rent and houses etc.. I’m 27 and people older then me are pressing both my partner and i to have kids but truth is we’re not ready for that.. I think most people go through it as well
THIS! this is starting to become a whole global problem now. I’m also 27 & everyone is either struggling on their own living with their partners, flat mates or still with their parents. we barely can feed ourselves. we are nagged all the time by older people & no one realizes the world changed drastically. when my parents were in their 20’s everyone moved out, had a whole house, could have children & have full home cooked meals plus have savings. people who say we should already have a family won’t feed & pay for our children but tries to make us feel bad
Well that's a matured thing to do when a person like you think the consequences of your decision 👍🏻
when my parents were my age. they were already planning for children. but here i am. a broke student.
competition is high. everything is expensive. its ridiculous
Not necessarily more expensive but maybe less worry that your children will die
@agapp11able Or maybe we have seen too many fellow woman live their lives for their husband and kids, and then have their husband dump them for a younger woman, leaving them with no job, no money, and no way to possibly support themselves.
These people know so much about everything happening in their and other countries. Its really hard to find intellectual people during such street interviews
I really liked all the people interviewed, they had interesting and varied insight
😌😌you know... shanghai is the biggest city in China. It's different from other poor provinces
@@smartreader3921 yes, I travelled thier in 2012 and liked it.
Chinese govt: Asking for more kids.
But who will carry the expenses of new borns
Your DAD
But why don't they understand that unemployment is already a problem, should focus on creating employment for the educated ones more entrepreneurship will make sure less people are unemployed
@@flamingaish 🌚🌝
@@lotuswolf1518 ya...the I meant the same thing.....
Lol the gov wants it that way, so the kids can’t have education and just start working at early age, becoming cheaper labours
Interesting that both women did not hesitate to answer subsized maternity leave and equal maternity/paternity leaves at the end. The 3-child policy isn’t just an issue of economic and socio-cultural factors-it has been, and always will be, a women's issue. Policies related to birthing children will always be linked to the policing of women’s bodies. That should be taken into account now, in this day and age, regardless if it’s China or any other country with population control policies today.
There’s a billion way to live out the human experience, and personally speaking , somethings should only be experienced once;
Child birth is one of them; I have one human and have no desire to have anymore. I sometimes think of all the odds I went against when I was pregnant; Stillborn, dying during labor , having my human and it unexpectedly dying weeks or months later , the list goes on, and gosh don’t get me started with not being able to sleep properly , back pains, emotional outbursts body changes etc the list goes on.
Mind you I’m a healthy woman had my human at 26 now 29 and it’a just not something I care to repeat 🔁😬everrrrrrr
Life pressure is enormous in the first tier cities of China, just like in London, New York, Tokyo, Soul... Would be interesting to see what is the response from people in the third-fifth tier cities where housing is a much less issue.
I and my wife struggle enough already to raise a single daughter. And three kids? No thanks
Are U Chinese ?
@@nthuthukomdluli1052 no, he's not
I teach at a Chinese university and we discussed this in my classes. I asked my students how many would have three children - out of 600, only one said she would have 3. The rest were 0,1, or 2 - about equal distribution. Bottom line: it's too expensive (literally!) When I raised the possibility of immigration being a possibility to solve the aging problem, they said that's not going to happen.
It might be expensive in China, but people from China (and from everywhere else) come to developed European countries to take advantage of children benefits we have here, and overpopulate Europe.
It's all about having the choice...the one child policy was brutal and violated human rights left and right...but now ppl actually can choose to have or not progeny
So much smarter! I know a Vietnamese woman from a family of 8 that gave birth to 5 kids before 30! That’s all they know in poor countries
@@thulsa_doom Well that would only be an issue if they came and then left, most people become citizens and pay taxes there meaning they become a part of western society.
@@beepboopbeepp short-term, yep, sure. But in the long run, if Europe becomes overpopulated, we will know why. Too much people is always a problem. It always increases unemployment rates as well as increases the prices for real estate.
not gonna lie, with the stress comes from the toxic work culture and social/family face culture these days, even letting people free to give birth to five children isn't really gonna curve that decreasing fertility rate that much, young people just don't wanna have that little buddy ruining their freedom of financial choices and freer sex life, I ain't gonna be euphemistic on this
Freer sex life ? That is the damn trouble in the first place . Stop playing around I really don't get how one of you guys will be okay with thier sisters or daughters just playing around with random people . You just have no sense of shame or honor .you are really messed up to the core and all you do is accusing anyone who tell this to be religious extremist who own his daughters like a property or honor killing or arranged marriage despite them being equally bad . Rely despicable
The young man wearing dark grey? polo shirt and eyeglasses, is extremely knowledgeable about the economic and social impact of China's former one child Policy and the impact of the aging population on resources and available social safety nets. I could watch an interview with him exclusively..No shade towards the other interviewees.
Having kids is the natural thing to do when you have a good life and have the confindence that the future will be even better. Most of us are already strugling to survive. Why on earth would we want to have children?
"Having kids is the natural thing to do when you have a good life" history will disagree with you.
My aunt had two kids while still living with her mother and doesn't plan on ever working again in her life because she is planning on getting a check from both these kids and moving out and living off of that (because they were both born severely autistic due to my aunt smoking and drinking still while she was pregnant with them). some people are just more ape than human, they live purely on their lizard brain and don't think about the future or what happens to their kids in the long run.
@@CriftPro actually, history would disagree with you. The only reason birth rates were high during "bad times" was when most labor was physical labor, such as working on a farm or other hand crafts. It was essential for the survival of a family to have as many working hands as possible.
It is true that once the economy stabilized, for example after WWII, the birth rate declined - yet it is to note here that at that point having a child was relatively cheap, and the chance of survival was high. Nowadays, most jobs in cities are non-physical, other skills are needed. We work more, living expenses are as high as never before (even if you factor out inflation). A lot of people are conscious about the future. To survive you need to keep the cost of living low, so of course lots of people don't want kids?
It's the historical context that matters ;)
@@hannahrocker5936 THis i don't get much - you'd wait for at least 6, maybe up to 8 or 10 years before the child can do child labour, aside from costs to the family of pregnancy. It's like expecting social security pensions without thinking of the normally 40 years of payments first.
@BLACKPINK DOMINATION some ppl just dont have nor will ever have the urge to have offspring. some ppl like enjoying themselves or life or the world or w/e more than the thought of having kids. nothing to do with doing well or not AT ALL. I mean big families are usually not middle or upper class but lower instead. Upper class families usually have fewer kids lots of times.
I totally understand why people would be hesitant to have any kids, let alone 3. When it was just me and my wife we spent maybe $300-$400 per month on food, and now we have 2 kids and we easily spend $900+ per month to feed them
Then, you can easily save 900$ per month by simply not feeding them.
@@philnightjar1971 hold up 💀
@@philnightjar1971 😂😂😂
@@philnightjar1971 j'ai ici jaiiiiil
tf you feeding your kids??? Gold??
Fun seeing the security guard in the background filming the scene.
Look up "100 childless days" and contrast what happened to this is the biggest form of irony.
the one child policy has had irreversible effects on China, I think it'll be hard for any policy to rebalance the population again
1st world countries have been already facing these issues, their solution is mass immigration which is bad.
1 child policy and we still have 1.4 billion people...... the key point is to provide better education quality and resources to new born children so they can have better lives and make better contribution to society.
I truly agree, some men are going to have to marry foreign women because there is just not enough Chinese women or remain bachelors the rest of their lives because of this policy. Having three children isn’t going to help if there’s more than a million more men than women.
@@LokTar_Ogar93 the problem is 1.4 billion people with less young generation and more old generation of people. This is the main problem which will haunt China in nearby future
@@ppjskh How about Chinese women marrying foreign men?
Currently staying in China, before even thinking of having children. The cost of marriage is unbearable for a lot of people here (tradition is to give money to the bride's family)
It's the same in all muslim countries asian or african. It's a tradition but also a teaching in Islam that a man should give a woman money called (mahar) before marrying her. I didn't know you guys have this too hehe.
@@super-nova. Didn't know about this, interesting facts. The thing in China is that sometimes the girl's family gives back to the couple, but sometimes they don't...
It could be a big burden for the couple, a lot of break-ups caused by this issue just before the marriage.
@@kevinta1394 damn that's sad.. I personally think it's so unnecessary as it causes conflict between the couple and their families. like money shouldn't be the first priority yes it's important but not to the point of breaking up jeez
@@super-nova. Can't agree more to this.
Hope this will change in the future, otherwise population decline here wouldn't be able to reverse
@@kevinta1394 yeah true. I hope this will change too💕
It’s crazy that the government has a say in how many children they can have
definitely agree with this point
authoritarianism at its finest
All I can say to that is go to hell
Everyone remembers the one child policy but they don’t know China’s baby boomer generation before that. My mom have 6 siblings and my dad have 5 siblings
12 hours of work a day, 6 days a week, 72 hours a week. There's no time to even enjoy your child. There's no time to be a human yourself or just recharge. It sounds absolutely exhausting.
may be only in some citys, in my city only.8 hours and work five days,but I know the people in more famous companys they should be more hardwoking
Too exaggerated, this situation is rare
I saw a lot of comments like this. This cant be true everywhere, maybe in big cities in high paying elite jobs but no way this is the norm.
And the kid grow up to inherit this schedule
@@ningboweifengfastener2453 whatbis your city?
The one common thing in this video is, all these Chinese citizens are quite intelligent.. 👍
Yes, there are all aware of whats going on and possible consequences.
@@Andy-P they do not want to be enslaved with poo poo diapers. Hardships. Yes hardships.
@@honghong3153 I meant consequences of aging population. But maybe what you said as well.
Well the citizens being interviews are teen to young adults, being well educated, live & work in the urban city ... so indeed they knew alot & understand for sure.
This topic mostly about how young people will think about that policy, so Asian Boss does have a smaller group of people to interview, while asking the right people anyway.
If you interview the old & elder generations too, the video could when more differently however, with mix opinions (that should went for a different video, now i think about it).
@@mr.bluefox3511 China has it tough cause princess Hong dad keeps bullying her.
ngl the background of this video has some stuff going on 😂 love it
A lot of good points though and echoes what I've heard elsewhere.
It would be interesting to take the same question to a smaller and less affluent city - Shanghai is a very different place to, say, somewhere in Shandong province.
Make the salary higher if you want the people to multiply.
@@tanincollins2143 they haven’t been communism since the death of Mao in the 1980s bro. Business cards ain’t cheap, might as well keep the name instead of reprinting
@@tanincollins2143 China is autoritarian capitalism
@@tanincollins2143 Like capitalism is doing any good even in any well developed country........the gap between rich and poor is widening in every system...the reason??.... corruption PERIOD!
That not how CCP works 😂😂. Something mysterious things will be coming when people will not comply with 3child policy.
@@tanincollins2143 And try to guess what kind of capitalism china is based on? It's state capitalism! Which is essentially the "regulated capitalism" you're talking about
My grandma had 12 siblings, and I don’t even want one, the irony.
WAIT SAME HAHA
would be interesting to ask this question to people in a rural area or a low tier city.
Did the CCP already put these people in jail for being ever so slightly critical of the govt policies?
Sad thing is that it's not that people don't want children, they just can't afford it (money wise or time wise)
if the cost of raisin children is still high i doubt it will affect much...
That's why I prefer grape kids, they're cheaper.
@@minifix i have pepper and eggplant kids of my own too 😁
Tasty thread
@@TomNook. yes
Yeah n south korea already shrinking population last year, you following me my friend👍
Very impressed with non misleading questions asked, let them freely express themselves.
sorry to break it to u, even with govt's financial support on child bearing, there are still many ppl not interested in giving birth. It does help a bit to ppl who sincerely wants have a child but worries on the financial tolls. However, the rest of us are only interested in taking care of ourselves 1st, we prefer to go to the internet, watch dramas, go for long n expensive holidays instead
A lot of younger, educated people, decide against having kids. It doesn't only apply to China.
I think, talking also from personal experience, young people want more freedom and me-time, and seeing that not having kids is a new norm, they don't feel any/much pressure to have any.
A lot of governments "struggle" with aging population, as their retirement policies are faulty. As a working adult, I should be paying in towards my own retirement fund, but we all know the money is being used on current pensioners, even if they paid their contributions for years prior. The system is rigged, and all governments know it. Without a younger generation's contributions, the retirement age will keep increasing in hope one will die before actually retiring... 55 for women in China is nothing, try 65+ in the West
Here in America most of our money goes to able bodied people who can work but just don't want to. My lazy sister in law who has never worked gets more benefits per month than my retired mother who has worked and paid taxes all of her adult life.
@@cknorris3644 tbh the government is just shooting themselves in the foot with policies like these.
I don't think the state should be telling couples how many kids they can have, but this policy seems moot for most people. Millennials and Gen Z are on average delaying marriage and childbearing than their parent's generation. Most have no desire to have more than two children.
Well they are not forcing them to have 3 children...it's a choice...but clearly most living in cities won't be buying it unless the policy is attractive
@@jasonsoo6138 They aren't forcing them to have three children... yet.
@@ChiGyu620 china introduced 2 child policy in 2016, so tell me did they force china couples to have 2 children?
@@jasonsoo6138 It depends on how desperate the situation becomes. They might start using more coercive measures if they have to.
@鉄天狗 it will never happen. If gov force people to raise kids, then nobody will get marriage.
We are teen siblings in our family .it feels great having so many brothers and sisters around you
Not the first mistake, won't be the last.
History repeats itself.
It’s not “internal competition”- he said involution.
Edit: it’s a “rat race” if “involution” is unfamiliar to most audiences. Just not “internal competition”- so much is lost in that translation that it’s inaccurate😥
Thank you for the correct translation
Thank you! Can you help explain the difference? We don't really use the word "involution" in English, which is perhaps why they used different words.
@@TM.BECK14 From my point of view, involution means malignant competition. Some people are willing to work overtime to compete with others,the rest of employees have to work overtime.Then almost all of the employees have to work overtime...Another example is, a highly educated person with a PHD degree ,he tried to find a job as a teacher in primary school,later on ,the people with Master degree may not be qualified to do this.. I think "involution" seems to make" overqualified" more common in job hunting.But that's just my thought, I don't know if i understand it precisely.
This is such a new word you can't even google it to get the meaning yet lmao no wonder they didn't use it.
@@callmeashy This word is getting really popular in China especially among young people.
I feel like this was lazy on China's part. "We will let you have 3 children now" and they're done with it. When, there's so much more that's need to make it happen.
If any country- not just China, but France, USA, Japan, etc- wants their society do improve something, like the birth rate, then they also have to figure out everything that has to be done to make that demand look attractive...
Why you so fast to judge? Its only the starter dude. Don't you watch one of those woman say there would be some followup policy to support that 🤦 if China is that so incompetent they would not be able to last this long trade war with US and wouldn't be able to send 3 human to their self made space station. Anyway just sit and wait for next 2 or 3 years for what they have prepared to combat again aging population
@@xiaomose7495 don’t even get me started on the trade war.
But let me ask you this then, did they change anything to their system having a child when they enforced the 2-child policy or just say “you may have two kids now”?
USA doesn't really want to improve birth rate, judging from all the same sex promotion everywhere on the media.
@@conveniencestorebanana9648 those two things are not mutually exclusive, and to assume they are makes you ignorant and stupid…
There are already too many people on this planet, especially in countries like China, India, Japan and so on.
Declining birth rates are not bad.
Because when people say ohh, declining birthrate and overaging of the population is bad, have more than 2 kids, they’re actually saying that we not only need constant economic growth but also population growth and that is not sustainable in any way or form.
My parents had to move to another country temporarily to have me because of the one child policy. The only rason they were able to do that was because my dad was already working at Australia at the time. They actually told me they were considering an abortion (btw don't tell you're kids this even if you add a, "but I'm so glad we didn't"). Anyways, after that we moved back and forth between countries before school started and we stayed in Australia. We then visited back every year until high school which made it once every 2 years. It's been like 3 and a half years since I've gone back to China due to covid which is kinda sad.
btw: I don't think we got fined and my mum was kinda the owner of an advertising company so she wouldn't have been able to get fired anyways
it's crazy seeing this knowing that my family successfully raised 4 kids in a major city in texas with an annual income of like 50k, wow
most millennials inherit homes from their parents in shanghai, that or get a high paying salary and then slave the next 30 years of your life away. shanghai is a mega city, one of the most advanced cities in the world. Because its become a tier 1 city, a lot of people from other provinces go there seeking a better job, better pay or life in general. However that drives up the market to ridiculous prices. in shanghai a city of 25 million only something like 6 million are actually locals the rest are flocks from other provinces. a number plate for a car in shanghai costs like 100 000 yuan which is about $16k. the number plate costs more than some of the cars. that's why i was like, id rather just take public transportation which is really cheap.
Asking the women: Have you heard of the new policy?
Asking the men: What is your opinion on this?
You get the same answer more or less.
This is a universal issue. Having a kid costs money, plus you have to consider all inflation, rents and bills in the coming years. Government doesn't have any right to demand these to their citizens.
Not just money, it also required time and patient.
4:51 I like how he says that as an old woman is walking behind him.
this answer is really depends on the district that you are ask in. In MegaCity like Shanghai where housing price is too much for young people. The answer is definitely like this. however, if you are having those interview in those level 3 or 4 cities, they may have different answers.