China demographics thread.

[ZeEa5KPul]

There was some criticism of the Weifang and Zezhou policies that they would increase educational anxiety.

That's not a bug, it's a feature. Increasing educational anxiety is precisely how these policies should function. One of China's most entrenched pathologies is the perverse incentive to pour inordinate resources into educating a single child. That will no longer be a viable strategy when any brat could take that coveted university spot away from the child you poured your life's work into educating just by dint of having a sibling.

It goes without saying that these policies should function in tandem with increasing educational resources.

 

[luminary]

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China hasn't gotten as bad as Japan's holographic waifus, but we're getting there:

China’s Newest Dating Craze: Real-Life Meetups With Virtual Boyfriends​

During the pandemic, women across China became infatuated with the dashing male characters in a series of viral video games. Now, many are hiring cosplayers to bring their digital beaus to life.
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“The more they play, the more needy they become,” said Sun. “Once the amount of time and money spent on the game reaches a certain level, one’s feelings toward the virtual characters will be transformed … and it feels the same as a real-life romantic relationship.”

Then, she found Zuo Ran. He was one of the protagonists in the otome game “Tears of Themis” — a star lawyer at a high-powered firm. At work, he seemed cold and aloof, but outside the office he became sweet and caring. Ren was smitten. She spent hours chatting with him via the game’s scripted voice calls and text messages, spending around 15,000 yuan ($2,200).

Some dream girls have lost trust in men as a result. It’s no accident that the cosplayers hired for cos commission are almost always female; clients tend to prefer an all-female environment for their dates, even if the cosplayers are playing male characters.

“The men can be paper, acrylic, iron, or virtual, but they can’t be carbon-based creatures,” said Jony Lin, a 26-year-old dream girl from Shanghai.

“I almost became a stalker of the cosplayer I hired,” she said. “I kept checking her various social media pages, desperately trying to figure out what she was doing at that moment.”

“Luckily, one of my friends stopped me from doing so,” said Ren. “She reminded me that my love for the cosplayer was illusionary and fleeting, and that I should spend the money in the game to support the real Zuo Ran, who will not change his mind about me.”

Girl, you need better friends. That is some sh_tty advice.

Can a real man ever live up to the ideal presented by characters like Zuo Ran?

Wu and Sun, who

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over 600 female otome game players in 2018, have concluded that the games do in fact reinforce a “harmful rather than grounded idealism” among young players.

Several dream girls said they found the video games highly educational. Unlike other forms of pop culture in China, they feel the games provide a useful model of what a healthy relationship should look like.

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[CMP]

Sounds like undiagnosed mental illness.

 

[ficker22]

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China hasn't gotten as bad as Japan's holographic waifus, but we're getting there:

China’s Newest Dating Craze: Real-Life Meetups With Virtual Boyfriends​

During the pandemic, women across China became infatuated with the dashing male characters in a series of viral video games. Now, many are hiring cosplayers to bring their digital beaus to life.
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Girl, you need better friends. That is some sh_tty advice.

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I mean I like Yunjin, but how can people be so down bad to literally wanna f*** 2D sprites?

It's peak escapism, instead of improving themselves and hitting the gym or what not they pay cosplayers to pose....

 

[BlackWindMnt]

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China hasn't gotten as bad as Japan's holographic waifus, but we're getting there:

China’s Newest Dating Craze: Real-Life Meetups With Virtual Boyfriends​

During the pandemic, women across China became infatuated with the dashing male characters in a series of viral video games. Now, many are hiring cosplayers to bring their digital beaus to life.
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Girl, you need better friends. That is some sh_tty advice.

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Well time to learn some LLN and GPT AI stuff. Me seeing €€€€ in providing virtual AI husbando services..

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

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China hasn't gotten as bad as Japan's holographic waifus, but we're getting there:

China’s Newest Dating Craze: Real-Life Meetups With Virtual Boyfriends​

During the pandemic, women across China became infatuated with the dashing male characters in a series of viral video games. Now, many are hiring cosplayers to bring their digital beaus to life.
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Girl, you need better friends. That is some sh_tty advice.

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did someone say holographic waifus?

and did someone say girls obsessed with video game men?

 

[BlackWindMnt]

did someone say holographic waifus?

and did someone say girls obsessed with video game men?

I'm so confused and I am wondering has science gone too far or does it needs to go further for it too make sense.

 

[pevade]

I mean I like Yunjin, but how can people be so down bad to literally wanna f*** 2D sprites?

It's peak escapism, instead of improving themselves and hitting the gym or what not they pay cosplayers to pose....

Its kinda the same phenomenon with Japan and their ridiculous amounts of isekai manga. They are all forms of escapism to cope with their boring lives.

 

[luminary]

Are Chinese youth of today patriotic? This might be an important factor that determines Chinese birth rate far into the future. Some countries like Israel show that nationalism is linked with pronatalism. However, I feel like due to academic expectations, career stress and tight job market, Chinese youth are generally politically apathetic and more concerned about their own economic wellbeing.

Surveys have shown that China's youth have more pride and confidence in their culture and system of government, but this doesn't exactly translate into nationalistic fervor or personal investment in the future of the nation. They may not feel like there is an unifying challenge or destiny for the Chinese people to work towards, so raising children becomes mostly a personal choice rather than contributing to a greater purpose.

 

[tankphobia]

Are Chinese youth of today patriotic? This might be an important factor that determines Chinese birth rate far into the future. Some countries like Israel show that nationalism is linked with pronatalism. However, I feel like due to academic expectations, career stress and tight job market, Chinese youth are generally politically apathetic and more concerned about their own economic wellbeing.

Surveys have shown that China's youth have more pride and confidence in their culture and system of government, but this doesn't exactly translate into nationalistic fervor or personal investment in the future of the nation. They may not feel like there is an unifying challenge or destiny for the Chinese people to work towards, so raising children becomes mostly a personal choice rather than contributing to a greater purpose.

You can't eat patriotism. You're asking women who have spent the better part of their lives studying and getting a degree just to throw all that away after a few short years in the workforce to go have kids, which would be a hard sale. I think education level is probably inversely proportional to the desire to have children.

There's a paper on this, which somewhat correlates with my view.

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