Teacher Liu, today I saw a Shenzhen bus online. It had a line on it: “Is it worth spending twenty years raising a child?” I was really shocked.

Yeah, that design has been going viral lately. It doesn’t directly say whether you should have children or not—it uses a question to make everyone think for themselves.

In Japan, buses usually wouldn’t display a question like that. At first I felt a bit pressured, like it was questioning my life choices.

A lot of Chinese netizens feel the same way. They think it can make people anxious, especially young people.

But I also saw some people say it’s good, because there’s no standard answer and everyone can share their own thoughts.

Right. Some even call it a “public philosophy class.” Discussing life questions in everyday settings is actually quite rare.

I think this approach is really unique. It makes me want to understand more about how Chinese society views marriage and family nowadays.

Exactly. Sometimes a simple question can make people think seriously more than a slogan can.