China's downturn and youth unemployment, cutting down marriages and new families

Tuesday, July 4th 2023 - 08:37 UTC

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A report published by China's Ministry of Civil Affairs in June shows the number of marriage registrations across the country was the lowest in 37 years, following eight years of decline. Only 6.83 million couples tied the knot in the Asian nation last year. Read full article

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Brasileiro
It's not a crisis! It is a symptom of the current labor market equilibrium.

China, like Brazil, needs more and more female labor in the labor market, and this naturally causes marriages to take place later and later in society. What already happens in Europe, for example.

The Western media's negative bias towards China, Russia and Brazil is deplorable.
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