The 'new China' in Thailand: ‘if you want hope, you have to leave’

After 30 years of relentless growth and capitalism, a new trend has emerged in China. The search for a simpler, calmer life is leading some Chinese people to seek a life abroad. The trend is so popular that it’s gained its own internet buzzword: the “run philosophy."

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Chiang mai, in northern Thailand is the country’s second biggest city. It’s a tourist hotspot popular with backpackers but has recently become an unlikely second home for thousands of Chinese people seeking alternative lifestyles.

Chapters:

00:00 – The intense pressures of life in China

00:52 – Alternative lifestyles and back to nature in Thailand

02:45 – The artistic community escaping China's authoritarian slide

06:11 – The Chinese families seeking a less rigid educational system

07:52 – "In Thailand you are not judged"

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