A Not So Imminent Crisis: Taiwan's Aging Population

Focus: Navigating your 20s in Taiwan


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News reports abound about Taiwan's aging population problem, many emphasizing the imminence of this impending doom, but is Taiwan really as far down this path as eye-grabbing headlines wish to suggest? eRenlai talked to government minister Cheng-Tay James Hsueh about the realities of the aging population problem in Taiwan and what the government is doing about it and to a young woman who talks about her decision to have children in the near future.

First Cheng-Tay James Hsueh shares his conception of the future of Taiwan's population, and proposes ways of alleviating the speed of population aging:

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Then Debby Yang, a recently married young woman who plans to have children talks about her generation's attitude towards marriage and having children:

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Debby Yang was interviewed by Zhang Xin-wen, the video was edited by Pinti Zheng

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Rujun Xiao
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