The problem with China right now is the 4-2-1 problem.
Because of their one child policy, you have a family generation consisting of 4 people (grandparents), followed by 2 people (parents), followed by 1 person.
So now they are way on their way to an demographic crisis, where most people will be old.
Another result of this, is that males outnumber females, so there’s a lot of single males unable to find a partner. This is because parents generally preferred boys as their only child.
Yeah, however, the young generation is putting off their marriage year by year as in developed world. I can see the trend where people choose not to marry someone and/or not to have kids is
picking up though may not be the mainstream any time soon.
Partly because costs have been high, but also people find their interests elsewhere other than the traditional path.
True, many of my Chinese friends complain that their parents are urging them to get married before 30. And while plenty of young people still do this, more and more people are putting of getting married, and wait until they're really ready. Not just because society tells them to.
Because of their one child policy, you have a family generation consisting of 4 people (grandparents), followed by 2 people (parents), followed by 1 person.
So now they are way on their way to an demographic crisis, where most people will be old.