The Disaffection and Loneliness Among Chinese Youth

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Chinese youth reflect on their feelings of disaffection and loneliness, as they believe they can't achieve the same level of success as their parents and experience a sense of isolation in their nuclear families.

China’s ambitious youth planned to cash in on their country’s meteoric rise on the world stage. Instead, many of these 20-somethings are disillusioned and “lying flat.” Economist Nancy Qian explains why.

This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Serena Solin, engineered by Cristian Ayala and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sam Sanders.

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