费正清中国研究中心的线上讲座，Claudia Huang在成都进行的民族志研究，探究宏观政策如何影响人们的养老体验——“玩一天算一天”
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Urban China Lecture Series Featuring Claudia Huang — Play a day, count a day: planning for old age in contemporary urban China

April 29 @ 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm

Speaker: Claudia Huang, California State University, Long Beach

Zoom Meeting Link: http://t.cn/A63eDEYv

The current generational cohort of Chinese retirees have gotten a tough bargain in many ways. Because the one-child policy created an upside-down population pyramid, the customary practice of aging at home under the care of an adult child is becoming increasingly untenable. At the same time, the social welfare programs that the government promised in exchange for their reproductive sacrifices never materialized, leaving retirees to plan for old age on their own. Many older adults have responded to these policy reversals by focusing on leisure and enjoyment as much as possible– an attitude they call “play a day, count a day.” The stories I share paint a portrait of life at the limits of affective governance, showing that while the state can attempt to control life trajectories, it cannot determine people’s attitudes about their own experiences.