The One Crisis China Can't Fix

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Get Proton Mail & Proton Drive together for FREE! Keep your emails and cloud storage secure with end-to-end encryption: https://proton.me/monkeyexplains It would take the average Chinese worker over 42 years of saving every single pay check just to afford a basic apartment in Shanghai. China's population has now fallen for four straight years, dropping to 1.405 billion people in 2025. By 2035, China could lose nearly 60 million, which is roughly the population of France, all while the national pension system risks running out of money entirely. China built its entire economic miracle on an endless supply of workers... and it's about to find out what happens when that supply simply stops showing up. On this Episode, We'll Cover: - Why China's shrinking population is accelerating year after year - How the one-child policy's gender imbalance created China's real-life marriage markets - Why China's overqualified graduates are delivering food despite holding multiple degrees and PHDs -