Chinese demographic collapse is a bit more complicated than most people think because of its uneven nature. Even though the population is falling now, it will take a couple decades for the number of workers & highly educated people to fall.
Very true its gonna take more time for the process to yield. Vs the states where its already starting if we don't let more people in.
Edit: one very important peice of nuance is the sheer size of china's population will be a problem unto its self. We are talking 1 billion people vs the usas 334 million it will be more difficult because of that alone.
I was gonna say "weird", but actually now that I think about it, this is kind of the trajectory that every single developed country has gone down after hitting a certain degree of consumption & education among the populace.
... We'll see how China handles the problem of modern social atomization. Probably will do things better than we do, but maybe not in line with what we might prefer.
Chinese demographic collapse is a bit more complicated than most people think because of its uneven nature. Even though the population is falling now, it will take a couple decades for the number of workers & highly educated people to fall.
Very true its gonna take more time for the process to yield. Vs the states where its already starting if we don't let more people in.
Edit: one very important peice of nuance is the sheer size of china's population will be a problem unto its self. We are talking 1 billion people vs the usas 334 million it will be more difficult because of that alone.
... Is that even a real thing?
It's a problem. People seem to generally kind of despise children and don't want them.
I was gonna say "weird", but actually now that I think about it, this is kind of the trajectory that every single developed country has gone down after hitting a certain degree of consumption & education among the populace.
... We'll see how China handles the problem of modern social atomization. Probably will do things better than we do, but maybe not in line with what we might prefer.