Show Notes
This episode, we look at the immigration trends Asia is experiencing and how the world population may rearrange itself over the next few decades. Our guide is Parag Khanna, author of Move: Where People Are Going for a Better Future.
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After host Waj Khan opens the show, correspondent Alice French joins for a Tokyo Dispatch segment (6:37) on women's wealth in Asia. Then correspondent Monica Hunter-Hart interviews Khanna (10:11) about which Asian countries people are leaving, and where they're going, how anti-immigration movements across the world are being stymied by labor shortages, and why this current moment is a golden age for skilled young migrants. Asia Stream is hosted by Wajahat S. Khan, our digital editor, and produced by Monica Hunter-Hart, with a regular Tokyo Dispatch segment by Alice French.
Related to this episode:
Japan to require four times more foreign workers, study says, by Mitsuru Obe
Japan is finally facing up to its economic need for immigrants, by Toshihiro Menju
Sri Lankans chase foreign jobs to help families survive inflation, by Prabhu Mallikarjunan
Why relocating Chinese see Singapore as a safe haven, by Yang Min, Zhou Wenmin, and Cai Xuejiao
'Fortress Australia' seeks to become immigration nation again, by Mitch Ryan
Lack of immigrants risks population decline in rich countries, by Kazuya Manabe and Kaori Yoshida
'A great war for talent' awaits post-COVID world: Parag Khanna, by Eri Sugiura
From Pakistan to the Philippines, women break open closed industries, by Lien Hoang, Kiran Sharma, Francesca Regaldo and Cheng Ting-Fang
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