Long but interesting. China pulled forward its economic success by mass child-parent family separation and migration, with the next generation not willing to repeat the suffering (separation, harm incurred on left behind children) for nation state economic gains.
No kids for some, “one is enough” for others as the trauma from China’s social engineering efforts has been socialized and crystallized at scale.
https://www.wsj.com/world/china/china-birthrates-rural-worke...
https://archive.ph/slk2V
Long but interesting. China pulled forward its economic success by mass child-parent family separation and migration, with the next generation not willing to repeat the suffering (separation, harm incurred on left behind children) for nation state economic gains.
No kids for some, “one is enough” for others as the trauma from China’s social engineering efforts has been socialized and crystallized at scale.