This week, the United States and China continued to take action on commitments made during the leaders’ meeting in October.
Rising costs of living, a winner-takes-all college entrance system, and largely entrenched gender roles that place the burden on women to juggle work and family all play into Chinese millennials’ apathy toward having bigger families. In response to these multipronged factors, the government has recently turned its focus to the industries that it sees as adding to the pressures and expenses of raising children.
The island of Hainan in southern China is a tropical destination that’s being developed as a free trade area by the Chinese government. A delegation from USCBC recently visited the province for a set of meetings. This week, to get a roundup of the meetings, we chat with our Chief Representative in Shanghai, Melinda Xu. […]
