5/13[Sat.] Why the birth rate in East Asian countries is lower than Western countries？（H：Michael ）

[Michael-liu]

Session 1

I am wondering why the birth rate in countries influenced by 儒家, such as Taiwan, Japan, Korea, is lower than Western countries. What do you think？

The below article is written by a college student.
https://utsynergyjournal.org/2022/01/27 ... countries/

Questions
1. What are some cultural and societal factors that could be contributing to the low birth rate in East Asian countries?

2. How do gender dynamics and expectations contribute to the low birth rate in East Asian countries? Can you think of other factors which are not mentioned in the article？

3. In terms of environmental protection, low birth rate is a good thing to the earth. Do you agree？

Session 2
Please share some of your favourite YouTubers with your group.

For example, some of my favourite YouTubers are ：
悉尼奶爸
王志安
天狗衛視
陳破空縱論天下
下班瀚你聊
腦洞烏托邦
村花嫁台灣

Questions

1. Sharing time

2. Does watching videos on YouTube make you spend less time on TV, TV series, movies, or books？

3. It is said that if Chinese speaking videos on YouTube have Chinese caption（字幕）, there will be much more people willing to watch. Do you agree？What are the reasons that Chinese people rely on Chinese caption so much？