The One Crisis China Can't Fix

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 The 高考 (Gao Kao) myth and elite overproduction headaches What gave rise to the 躺平 (Tang Ping) crisis Panda can't seem to stop Beijing's billion-yuan baby bonuses, and whether any of it can actually work out down the line ---- Music Used in Order of Appearance: China Economic Crisis (Music Used) ---- Sauce: https://pastebin.com/MuW9paxP ---- Links: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/033JDMn... ---- I just want to be clear about how I create my videos. We're a small team and AI sometimes helps us out. However, all of the visuals you see are hand-drawn. AI is used ONLY for voiceovers. Most of the team, including myself are based in South East Asia and English isn't our best language. I personally have had negative experiences being bullied in the past for my accent when I worked in MNCs in the marketing industry. And now, considering the subjects of our videos - this is a way to help protect the identity of everyone working on this channel. I’ve made sure to pick the most human-sounding option so it doesn’t distract you from the videos we put out. At the end of the day, the heart of every video from writing, ideas, editing, and overall creativity, is 100% me and my amazing team of animators and illustrators. AI is just a tool I use to bring you the best content I can. Thanks for supporting our work! ---- if u r reading dis type 我很喜欢冰淇淋 (I like Icecream in Mandarin)