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> given China's population growth Their population growth is lower than most of the West, some argue it even contracted last year. Why is everyone on this site
by RidingPegasus 7y ago
> given China's population growth
Their population growth is lower than most of the West, some argue it even contracted last year. Why is everyone on this site so wildly misinformed about the largest country on Earth? Is this a US thing?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/01/17/world/asia/china-population-crisis.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/01/17/world/asia/ch...
- plussed_reader 7y agoThe detriments of the one child policy are well documented. Positive growth and negative growth both inform on the overall birth rate. Also, largest country on Earth? I do believe China is #4 after Russia, Canada, and the US in terms of SquareKM.
- east2west 7y agoWiki says China is the third largest, after Russia, Canada. US is the fourth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependen...
- RidingPegasus 7y agoOne-child policy is long gone though. A two-child policy exists perhaps for some. The article does an excellent job summing up the demographic hurdles they face. I personally think any country that can economically prosper without resorting to unsustainable population growth or environmental damage should be congratulated on the world stage. China is managing to do one of those things. Technological advancement should be the focus of developed nations wanting to thrive without taking the easy gdp heroin hit of over-populating, which is essentially unaccounted future debt heaped upon younger generations.
- coliveira 7y agoIt is normal for Americans to think that other countries don't matter. That's why they're missing the point that China is already the richest country in the world and it is growing at double the pace of the US.