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There is a dire shortage of skilled and blue collar workers (nursing, construction, sanitation etc.) in Japan. So much so that a country like Japan is consideri
by einszwei 4y ago
There is a dire shortage of skilled and blue collar workers (nursing, construction, sanitation etc.) in Japan. So much so that a country like Japan is considering indefinite residence for these workers [1].
China is a very populous country now and is in its demographic golden age. It can do fine without any inward immigration. But with rapidly cratering birth rates it will be interesting to see what China does in next few decades to solve the problem.
[1]: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/11/18/japan-mulls-indefinite-stay-for-blue-collar-foreign-workers https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/11/18/japan-mulls-ind...
- car_analogy 4y agoJapan might let the 2.5% of its workforce that is foreign stay indefinitely? That doesn't sound very dire to me. Of course it's very popular to conflate "economy will collapse without immigration" with "GDP growth will be 0-2% instead of 2-4%". Then say the economy is "stagnating" instead of "stable", and you're done.
- bradknowles 4y agoChina has their own internal immigrants that they worry about, and they need to kill a few million more Uighur Muslims before they're likely to need to worry about troublesome non-Han Chinese immigrating to the country and causing cultural problems.