PROF Jieyu Liu's Outputs (7)

Can China raise its birth rate? (2021)
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Liu, J. Can China raise its birth rate?. [Radio]

China’s decades-long One Child Policy has led to a low birth rate, and a shrinking workforce. It has also been placing a heavy burden on the younger generations who will have to support two parents and four grandparents. It’s predicted that in five y... Read More about Can China raise its birth rate?.

What effect will China‘s three-child policy have on working women? (2021)
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Liu, J. (2021). What effect will China‘s three-child policy have on working women?

China’s new policy of allowing couples to have three children (replacing the previous limit of two) is an attempt to respond to ageing population concerns and a slowing birth rate. But the policy’s implications for working women and their families me... Read More about What effect will China‘s three-child policy have on working women?.

Going it alone - the lives of China’s single people (2021)
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Liu, J. Going it alone - the lives of China’s single people. [Podcast]

China has a growing number of people who live alone. As a result, many people’s way of life has become more personalized, geared towards their own careers and individual interests. There’s also a booming industry in online dating services, as well as... Read More about Going it alone - the lives of China’s single people.

What is life like for people who come from one child families? (2021)
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Liu, J. What is life like for people who come from one child families?. [Podcast]

Because of the one child policy which ran from 1979 to 2016, millions of people in China have grown up without brothers or sisters, especially in urban settings. The media sometimes describes them as “little emperors” or “little empresses” and this s... Read More about What is life like for people who come from one child families?.

Has China’s obsession with feminine beauty liberated women? (2021)
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Liu, J. Has China’s obsession with feminine beauty liberated women?. [Podcast]

Should Communists care about being beautiful? In Maoist China, western ideas of beauty were derided as bourgeois. It was said to be far better to judge a woman’s worth by her intelligence, patriotism, and adherence to socialist values. Yet, as China... Read More about Has China’s obsession with feminine beauty liberated women?.

How do women in China feel about the state deciding how many children they should have? (2021)
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Liu, J. How do women in China feel about the state deciding how many children they should have?. [Podcast]

It is an expensive choice to have children in China, especially in big cities. Most parents struggle to afford child care and only a few employers do much to support the careers of working mothers. A new term has been coined to describe women’s chall... Read More about How do women in China feel about the state deciding how many children they should have?.

British or Chinese? Stories of Migration, Family and Identity (2017)
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Liu, J. British or Chinese? Stories of Migration, Family and Identity. [Video]