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Demography is destiny. Almost. You can fight it like India does, but China surpassing the US in absolute numbers (which numbers? All of them) was inevitable.
by tormeh 10y ago
Demography is destiny. Almost. You can fight it like India does, but China surpassing the US in absolute numbers (which numbers? All of them) was inevitable.
- devoply 10y ago“Let China sleep; when she wakes she will shake the world.” - Napoleon
- stevendaniels 10y agoThe West didn't listen. It poked the giant a lot. During the 19th and 20th centuries, many European countries initiated wars in China, carving it into foreign spheres of influence.
- douche 10y agoAnd became fabulously wealthy doing so. Part of the reason there was excess capital in England to fund the industrial revolution was because of the Canton trade.