the complexities of U.S.-China trade...

Originally Posted by DakotaRog

Took a while for me to get back to this thread to post about Chnese demographics. We tend to think that China has an endless supply of people but even a nation with a billion and couple hundred million can get themselves sideways, especially when the heavy hand of the government tells you how many kids to have. The Chinese gov has had a policy for 30+ years of one child per family. Although not totally effective, especialy in the rural areas, this policy has skewed the population cohorts. China, along with the developed world, is getting older and young people to enter the work force, especially in manufacturing, is decreasing.
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There's a much greater concern here. The root cause of almost every major global problem we're facing today is exponential human population growth. With wise policy we could gently ease our population back down to sustainable levels within a few generations.

The alternative is to do nothing and allow nature to run it's course. The natural forces of disease,famine, and war will kick in and restore the balance.

The Chinese way of doing things isn't very nice but it's preferable to the alternative.