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There are quite a lot of people who try to immigrate to China. If China opened up, they wouldn't have a shortage of immigrants. There are immigrant communities

There are quite a lot of people who try to immigrate to China. If China opened up, they wouldn't have a shortage of immigrants. There are immigrant communities from all over already there. China is dealing with their one child policy, they have put the cap at 3 children iirc currently, and are also making policies against things like abortion and divorce. Which may not be the correct move, but I do see more laws incentivizing children coming.

riffraff 5y ago
> There are quite a lot of people who try to immigrate to China. Do you have a source i can read about that? I'd be interested to know more about this.
finiteseries 5y ago
There are 1.4 billion people in China, and ~1 million immigrants pre pandemic. The number of new migrants required would be astronomical in a country already struggling with food and energy insecurity. It takes 20 years to make a 20 year old consumer while the rest of the population ages 20 years. Seems a bit optimistic and wishy washy to say the least.
- denton-scratch 5y ago
  > The number of new migrants required would be astronomical in a country already struggling with food and energy insecurity. Interesting. You could be referring to several European countries, including the UK. Also interesting: the Plague was largely responsible for the ending of serfdom, by greatly increasing the bargaining-power of peasants. I have wondered whether COVID might eventually precipitate similar tectonic social changes.
  - finiteseries 5y ago
    The UK doesn’t suffer from either of food or energy insecurity and only has 68 million people with decent demographics. There are more people over the age of 65 in China than the total population of the UK and France combined.
- alfiedotwtf 5y ago
  China struggling with food insecurities? IIRC China have taken over the Netherlands as the world's largest producer

riffraff 5y ago

> There are quite a lot of people who try to immigrate to China. Do you have a source i can read about that? I'd be interested to know more about this.

finiteseries 5y ago

There are 1.4 billion people in China, and ~1 million immigrants pre pandemic. The number of new migrants required would be astronomical in a country already struggling with food and energy insecurity. It takes 20 years to make a 20 year old consumer while the rest of the population ages 20 years. Seems a bit optimistic and wishy washy to say the least.

denton-scratch 5y ago
> The number of new migrants required would be astronomical in a country already struggling with food and energy insecurity. Interesting. You could be referring to several European countries, including the UK. Also interesting: the Plague was largely responsible for the ending of serfdom, by greatly increasing the bargaining-power of peasants. I have wondered whether COVID might eventually precipitate similar tectonic social changes.
- finiteseries 5y ago
  The UK doesn’t suffer from either of food or energy insecurity and only has 68 million people with decent demographics. There are more people over the age of 65 in China than the total population of the UK and France combined.
alfiedotwtf 5y ago
China struggling with food insecurities? IIRC China have taken over the Netherlands as the world's largest producer