population decline/aging/imbalanced sex ratio
these are all problems china is said to have. how serious are they, what problems would manifest as a result of them, and is there anything the government can do to address these? and if it can't, then what would china look like a few decades from now?
Posted Jan 19, 2022, 9:44 PM UTC
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Right.
So, the sex imbalance exists, but it's nowhere near as bad as people think, due to lots of shennanigans about under reported girls. Not great, but there you go.
Age/demographics. Yep, China has this. But so does every country on earth except Iraq Bhutan, and a couple like that. If ANY country on earth can handle that shit, it's China.
Remember, they are socialists. So Automation is a good thing. and those whose jobs have been lost to automation, can do things like healthcare.
Plus, the baby boom or equivalent isn't forever. You only have to survive it for 30 years, then it's gone.
Now, when the same thing happens to UK/US, what do you think will happen?
it seems like a lot of users here aren't willing to discuss this likely to be very real problem.
We ARE discussing it. It's a problem, but it's less of a problem for China, than anywhere else.
it isn't one for the us, the only country that really matters to china.
Yeah, it is. Heard of boomers?
this isn’t an answer.
yes, but is automation alone going to be enough?
but it won't. they have significant immigration. china does not. and this is what's so worrying: that china will fall behind the us.