Celia Hatton

In short order, they want more babies. They don't support children being born out of wedlock. The Chinese population is shrinking. It's aging rapidly. And they need more children, bluntly, because they need people to be able to pay taxes in 30 years to support this rapidly aging population. You know, marriage rates dropped 20% last year from the year before. Marriage rates are at a 40-year low.

And that's really worrying for the Chinese authorities. There is a concern by the ruling Communist Party that young people in general just aren't buying into the traditional ideas of success that so many generations before them have embraced.

And that's really worrying for the Chinese authorities. There is a concern by the ruling Communist Party that young people in general just aren't buying into the traditional ideas of success that so many generations before them have embraced.

And I think that goes along with it, these concerns that maybe young people in China simply don't look around and think that they might be more prosperous than their parents. They might be the first generation to really have that concern in a very long time.

And I think that goes along with it, these concerns that maybe young people in China simply don't look around and think that they might be more prosperous than their parents. They might be the first generation to really have that concern in a very long time.

And so I think the Chinese authorities are worried that maybe their legitimacy might be called into question if they can't deliver, if they can't give an optimistic future for young people in China today.

And so I think the Chinese authorities are worried that maybe their legitimacy might be called into question if they can't deliver, if they can't give an optimistic future for young people in China today.

Quite a celebration. Did you know that this was happening?

Quite a celebration. Did you know that this was happening?

Do you know when you will get to see him?

Do you know when you will get to see him?

The Biden administration said it had tried to include your brother in the last prisoner swap between the US and Russia. And you had said at the time that you felt you'd been stabbed in the back when he wasn't included in that deal. Why do you think it's happened now under the Trump administration?

The Biden administration said it had tried to include your brother in the last prisoner swap between the US and Russia. And you had said at the time that you felt you'd been stabbed in the back when he wasn't included in that deal. Why do you think it's happened now under the Trump administration?

We know that the U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said the exchange served as a show of good faith between the U.S. and Russia and a sign they're moving in the right direction now. to end the war in Ukraine. How do you feel about your brother's release being tied to a wider issue like the end of the conflict there?

We know that the U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said the exchange served as a show of good faith between the U.S. and Russia and a sign they're moving in the right direction now. to end the war in Ukraine. How do you feel about your brother's release being tied to a wider issue like the end of the conflict there?

And were your findings affected at all by the day of the week or the month of the year? Or was it really just focused on the time of day? Is it always mornings that are better?

And were your findings affected at all by the day of the week or the month of the year? Or was it really just focused on the time of day? Is it always mornings that are better?

That certainly makes sense that, you know, you're just naturally happier when it's sunnier. Can you tell me more about the people who took part in this study? Did you find any variations in age? Were retired people just as likely to feel happier in the mornings, for instance?

That certainly makes sense that, you know, you're just naturally happier when it's sunnier. Can you tell me more about the people who took part in this study? Did you find any variations in age? Were retired people just as likely to feel happier in the mornings, for instance?

What practical implications can we take away from this survey?