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JL-032

Over the next ten to twenty years there will be large-scale deindustrialization and deurbanization, with urban populations, especially the young, moving back to the countryside.

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Prof Jiang Xueqin said this on 24 March 2026. We have not assessed it yet; it should be judgeable by 24 March 2046.

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massive trend is deindustrialization and deurbanization where people in the cities will have to move back to the countryside
Watch Prof Jiang Xueqin say it, 38:36 (opens on YouTube in a new tab)

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