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1. Birth of a crisis: the demographic revolution

Inside China

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Growing Old Together

In China, there's a term to describe women in their late 20s and 30s and unmarried: shung-noo or leftover woman. This term was brought in as a way of pressuring women into getting married. Natalia said that she and her friends have a group chat named Growing Old Together. She says this kind of independent lifestyle in Beijing has influenced your feelings that you don't need a partner to feel happy.

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