Economic Status

[Sophia Kang]

Folding Beijing is a captivating story about the more detrimental effect of the environment to those of lowest economic status. In You Jin's stories as well as this novel, economic hardship is a repeating theme. What I found shocking was that poor parents in the Third Space without money might be unable to guarantee spots for their children's education even after waiting 40 hours in line. I might use this detail to connect to the more severe impact that environmental and economic degradation has on especially lower-income students in current events suvh as economic recessions.