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Originally Posted by EventHorizon
Woah woah woah... slow your roll son (or older version of that phrase). considering china's declining female population, i give it 20 years or so until their population hits a huge roadblock in terms of having enough women to maintain their numbers at which point they'll have Detroit syndrome with enough places to work, but not enough people to fully occupy the potential Economy Death Star
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Um...in 20 years, China will likely be the number one economy. Regardless, I sincerely doubt they are going to have a population problem (i.e. growth problem) within that time frame. With respect to population and economics, 20 years is "around the corner," not "down the road."
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