Asians on the Move: An Immigration Forecast

This episode, we look at the immigration trends Asia is
experiencing and how the world population may rearrange itself
over the next few decades. Our guide is Parag Khanna, author of
Move: Where People Are Going for a Better Future.


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After host Waj Khan opens the show, correspondent Alice French
joins for a Tokyo Dispatch segment (6:37) on women's wealth in
Asia. Then correspondent Monica Hunter-Hart interviews Khanna
(10:11) about which Asian countries people are leaving, and where
they're going, how anti-immigration movements across the world
are being stymied by labor shortages, and why this current moment
is a golden age for skilled young migrants. Asia Stream is hosted
by Wajahat S. Khan, our digital editor, and produced by Monica
Hunter-Hart, with a regular Tokyo Dispatch segment by Alice
French.


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