China has made Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre compulsory reading for ninth-graders just as the country battles a falling birth rate and encourages young people to marry and have children. So why this classic story of female independence, love and choosing your own path? Hem Kaur Saroya explains the surprising connection between Jane Eyre, China’s demographic crisis.
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