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Boatboy24
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China and India together comprise 35% of the world's population, with (respectively) 1.411 and 1.381 billion people each. The USA is #3, with a population of 0.332 billion people.
In other words, the #3 most populous country has less than 25% of the population of either #1 or #2.
In other words, the #3 most populous country has less than 25% of the population of either #1 or #2.
However, current projections show the population of China dropping over the rest of this century by more than the current population of the USA.
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Correct. One of the more worrisome aspects of China is that the population is rapidly aging. In 2018, heard Gen. Michael Hayden, former director fo the CIA, give a speech on this very topic and its national security implications for the USA. Gen. Hayden has since suffered a debilitating stroke, and I wish him all the best in his lengthy recovery process.
What I wrote about that speech then:
The brewing situation in China is that its population is aging while at the same time, its economic boom is flattening, Hayden said. Moving 400 million Chinese into the middle class is commendable, he said, but China’s population will be older than the U.S. in a few years as a result of the one-child policy. “A Chinese demographer said China will be the first nation to get old before it gets rich,” he said.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will then be left with the Putin promise and the Russian solution, Hayden said. “If he can’t make you rich, he can make you proud.” Once a strategic, nuanced, patient country in its thought and approach to world affairs, China has “not been acting that way recently,” Hayden said, and apparently expansionist moves may have major effects. “The Sino-American relationship is the critical issue of the 21st century.”
Kind of heavy conversation for the meme thread but one more question - If their population is shrinking by near a third, why would they pursue an expansionist policy?
I wasn't expecting to start a heavy conversation -- for me this a "holy cow!" moment.
It is! Holy Cow!
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jswordy
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They are pursuing an expansionist policy because: 1.) that is one way to quickly bolster an aging population more quickly than regenerating it from birth, and 2.) they need the raw materials in those other nations. The One Road, One Belt program is kicking our butts globally, and has been for over a decade. China now has an electronic telescope in South America, on our doorstep that - oh by the way - can also be used to pick up electronically sent messages in the USA. They are building four more. China partners with countries, trading infrastructure projects financed at low rates for access to their raw materials. They don't care about the country's ideology - that's a US thing - all they want is the raw materials. And they are just literally cleaning our clocks.
Now back to the yuck-yuck content....
Boatboy24
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I'm going to die of something. But I'm pretty sure it isn't anything in this meme.
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Boatboy24
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