Sarah Wu

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The Intelligence from The Economist · Fear-jerker: America’s AI backlash · 25 Jun 2026 podcast

In twenty twenty four, marriages fell to the lowest number since nineteen eighty.

Now, there wasn't an eleven percent bump last year, but that might have been because a leap month in the lunar calendar made it an auspicious double spring year for marriage.

And the government's trying

Really hard to make it easier to get married.

There's a new policy allowing couples to marry anywhere rather than only in their hometowns.

But as one academic told me, the easy entry and strict exit approach to marriages is unlikely to boost their numbers.

Yeah, I think Chinese women are increasingly changing their minds.

And we can see that in growing numbers blogging about their experiences.

Divorce bloggers have become a whole genre.

And their changing attitudes are also reflected in more films, on streaming platforms, and even in stand-up comedy.

So for all their inhibitions about the D word.

Censors have allowed some leeway.

In recent years, a hit TV show about celebrity couples on the cusp of divorce had prompted discussions across the country about marriage.

And divorced middle-aged women, such as a comedian known as Director Fong, and So Ming, a road-tripping live streamer whose life was made into a film, have been celebrated.

for leaving unhappy homes.

So to make marriage attractive and durable, policymakers have to think not only about the beginning and the possible end, but also about how to encourage equality during it.

Thanks so much for having me, Jason.

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