So some weeks ago, at the end of last year, two more figures were added to the sculpture. Except it doesn't only have three figures on it in this picture.ĬHENG: Not anymore. It's exactly, as you described, it's quite beautiful.ĬHAKRABARTI: Yeah. And on the left, it has this circular structure, which in Chinese culture symbols family unity and completeness, and next to it are a few stick figures that symbolizes an ideal family.Īnd when the sculpture was initially constructed and for the years after, it was three figures, a father, a mother, and a child.ĬHAKRABARTI: I'm actually looking at a photograph of the sculpture right now. It's a pretty popular sculpture, and it was initially constructed in 2017. Is that right Yangyang?ĬHENG: Yes, so this is a sculpture in the shade of green that is next to the Yangtze River. So this statue in Wuhan, it depicts or depicted some sort of family. So this is not a China hour that has anything to do with COVID.
It's always a pleasure to have you on the show.ĬHAKRABARTI: And today I want to talk with you about something we recently learned regarding a statue in Wuhan. YANGYANG CHENG: Thank you so much for having me. She's also a frequent columnist on Chinese politics and U.S.-China Relations. She's a fellow and a research scholar at Yale Law School's Paul Tsai China Center. MEGHNA CHAKRABARTI: Yangyang Cheng joins us today. Leta Hong Fincher, author of “ Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China." Research associate at Columbia University's Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Frequent columnist on Chinese politics and U.S.-China relations. Yangyang Cheng, fellow and research scholar at Yale Law School's Paul Tsai China Center. Today, On Point: China’s push for a baby boom. The Chinese government is urging women to have more babies - after decades of a one-child policy.īut officials face major pushback from Chinese women themselves.
(Photo by AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images) China's population decline accelerated in 2023, official data showed on january 17, 2024, extending a downward streak after more than six decades of growth as the country battles a looming demographic crisis. Facebook Email This photo taken on Janushows people posing next to a newly renovated statue of a pair of parents and three children in Hankou Park next to Yangtze River in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province.