Yeah, I don't know about the housing thing: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/23/business/china-too-many-homes-for-1-4-billion-people-intl-hnk/index.html https://

Yeah, I don't know about the housing thing: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/23/business/china-too-many-homes-for-1-4-billion-people-intl-hnk/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/23/business/china-too-many-h... Also Germany is an interesting comparison since their population is _also_ in freefall and their are looking down the barrel of a major demographic crisis. And as for China not being democratic, the Chinese government is still very much in the hook for keeping people happy. Just look at what happened with the Covid restrictions when the population eventually had enough. The question is how bad it's gonna get next time around