CHINA: Rise in youth crime
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The number of juvenile criminals in China has doubled to 80 thousand over the past ten years. China's state media reports two-thirds of the criminal cases handled annually by Chinese courts involved minors. Some say it's the fault of China's one-child policy, creating a generation of single children, who are spoiled, self-centred but unable to respond to social challenges. But experts in Chinese studies argue that rather than the family planning policy - the education system and social environment should be blamed.
Presenter: Xiaoning Mo
Speakers: Dr Chen Gang, a China expert with Singapore National University
Dr Feng Chongyi, Chinese Studies Centre at the University of Technology Sydney
Dr Zhao Zhongwei, senior fellow at the Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute
