https://www.scmp.com/rss/513792/feed Shen Yang is the author of "More than One Child". Born in Shandong in 1986, she was one of the millions of “excess children” who violated the one-child policy. Based in Shanghai, she often writes about how policies affect individual lives. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com “You’re going back to Europe?” “Are you insane? You’ll catch Covid there!” “Stay in China, seriously, it’s safer here!” As soon as my relatives and friends heard of my trip, they all reacted as if I was about to jump into a boiling pot of viruses. On the contrary, after a month without masks or tests, I’m still safe and sound while the same people who warned me all ended up with Covid-19, no one spared. As I follow the latest outbreak, my mind goes back to two months of lockdown in Shanghai, an... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3205171/end-2022-marks-time-china-end-its-zero-covid-roller-coaster?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3205171/end-2022-marks-time-china-end-its-zero-covid-roller-coaster?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 Dec 2022 22:30:07 +0000 China’s population is heading for a major decline and could halve by 2065 if the falling birth rate is not arrested – which could mean a plunge to just 700 million people. Surveys confirm that across both urban and rural areas, only a minority of women have a second child and very few have a third. The reasons are well known. Simply put, it is becoming more expensive to raise children due to the rising costs of property, education and childcare, especially in increasingly crowded cities. In... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3194470/chinas-zero-covid-policy-not-helping-its-drive-raise-birth-rates?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3194470/chinas-zero-covid-policy-not-helping-its-drive-raise-birth-rates?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Oct 2022 22:45:11 +0000