Children? No thanks – pets and partying are the future in China’s new normal
Children? No thanks – pets and partying are the future in China’s new normal
  • As China’s birth rate drops amid soaring childcare costs, more millennials are choosing careers, pets and partying over marriage and children
8 Oct 2023 - 8:15AM
Pet owners Li Guangyu and Pixie Lim take their dogs for a swim at a pet centre in Shanghai. Li says he does not want the responsibility of having children. As China’s birth rate drops amid soaring childcare costs, more people are choosing careers, pets and partying over marriage and children. Photo: Justin Jin
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Children? No thanks – pets and partying are the future in China’s new normal

8 Oct 2023 - 8:15AM
  • As China’s birth rate drops amid soaring childcare costs, more millennials are choosing careers, pets and partying over marriage and children
(Left to right) Victor Lau, Queenie Chu and Leung Kin-wah at Kin’s Farm Market. In 1981, with little money or English, Leung’s family left Guangzhou for Vancouver, where they went on to build a fruit and veg empire that has been serving the needs of the local Canadian community for decades. Photo: Kin’s Farm Market

They left China penniless – now, they have a Canadian fruit and veg empire

In 1981, with little money or English, the Leung family left Guangzhou for Vancouver, where they went on to build a fruit and veg empire that has been serving the needs of the local Canadian community for decades.

6 Oct 2023 - 9:44AM
Roy Delbyck, one of the world’s major collectors of all manner of printed collectibles about Hong Kong and parts of China, poses for a picture in Tsim Sha Tsui. 04SEP23 SCMP / Edmond So

He built a huge, unique collection on the West in China, and vice versa

Lawyer Roy Delbyck talks about his immense collection of printed materials – from letters and diaries to movie tickets – on the West in China, and the Chinese experience in the United States.

8 Oct 2023 - 12:15PM
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