Are There Too Many Chinese?

1 This Book and Its Authors

Author Biographies

Liang Jianzhang, Chairman of Ctrip (now Trip.com Group).

Graduated from the inaugural class of Fudan University’s “Youth Class” (undergraduate). Holds a master’s degree in Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.

Served as CEO and Chairman of Ctrip from 2000 to 2006.

From 2007 to 2011, pursued a Ph.D. in Economics at Stanford University, focusing on population, entrepreneurship, and China’s labor market.

In 2011, was a visiting scholar at the National School of Development, Peking University.

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Li Jiuxin, Ph.D. in Demography and Law, Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Institute of Sociology & Anthropology, Peking University.

After earning his doctorate from the Institute of Population Research at Peking University in 1995, he remained at the university to work at the Institute of Sociology & Anthropology.

His main research areas include demography, population sociology, and health aging. He is the author of Population Issues in China’s Transition and Problems of China’s Population Structure; and the editor of China’s Population: Too Many or Too Old and Debates on China’s Fertility Policy in the 21st Century.

2 Reasons for Recommendation

1. Constantly guard against deep‑seated mindsets and stereotypes.
2. From a product‑manager’s perspective, learn how to dissect a problem and how to argue its framing.
3. Expand your horizons—population economics is surprisingly fascinating.

3 Book Contents

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Originally written by Estela Young and published in Chinese on 一只产品汪的自白. Translated and edited for DriftSeas with permission.