How the Butterfly Effect Shapes US-China Realities
Panel on "lying flat," My recent op-eds, and a quote to quiet the heart
This week, I had the pleasure of moderating a panel on the Social and Cultural Trends Shaping US-China Societies with Susan Greenhalgh, Prof. Emerita at Fairbank/Harvard University, Prof. Yao Lu, Professor of Sociology, and Alec Ash, fellow & editor of China Books Review at Asia Society. It was part of China Institute’s annual Executive Summit.
It was a fascinating discussion of everything from China’s evolving demographics, the shifting mindsets of the young generation, and social identity in the underemployment and unemployment environments. We hit all the buzzwords du jour: “lying flat,” “involution,” “quality children” and “three-child policy,” “invisible labor of mothers” (ok, this is not as buzzy, but let’s talk about it more) and took apart these topics from a gender and cultural lens.
And speaking of cultural phenomenons, my previous post on live streaming
in China was partially inspired by an interview I did with New York Times’ Muyi Xiao,…
