they have an orderly society. In some ways Communism replaced Confucianism with it's emphasis on orderly population working at max social good. You do tow the line - no questions tolerated
Watch how quickly that orderly society collapses once the following happens.
The Chinese economy – and the nation overall – is passing a series of inflection points. The most fundamental one is demographic: The Chinese population is on track for a steep decline. In other recent comments, Musk had warned about the impact of aging populations in the U.S. and Europe but the trend is far worse in China.
The most immediate inflection point is economic: China is now contracting. The country needs growth to retire monumental debt, however.
We start with the “relentless maker and breaker of civilisations,” demography. Demography will break China, which according to demographers from Xian Jiaotong University is slated to lose half its population in 45 years. At the end of this century, China could be about one-third as populous as it is now.
The country, therefore, faces the sharpest demographic decline in history in the absence of war or disease. Panicked efforts to avoid the decline—moving from a one-child policy in 2015 to a three-child policy in 2021, for instance—have proven unsuccessful in increasing birth rates
Such a precipitous fall means that, if China is going to pass America to reach the top spot, it will have to do so within, say, a decade before a falling population begins to undermine economic performance. In the next ten years, however, China’s economy is more likely to come apart.
It is already in distress. In April, the economy clearly contracted. Industrial output was down 2.9% from the same month last year. Retail sales were off 11.1%. New car sales plunged 47.6%.
Draconian lockdowns, the result of Beijing’s “dynamic zero-COVID” policy, have essentially brought much of the eastern portion of the country, the heart of the national economy, to a halt. China’s ports and airports are operating at far below capacity, and river and truck traffic is way down, about 40% off.
China cannot ship what it does not produce. Factories are either closed or struggling. Even politically favored companies have been hit hard. Tesla’s Gigafactory 3, in Shanghai, was closed for three weeks due to the COVID lockdown. Now, because of a lack of parts, it is running at only 45% capacity.
Beijing, by ditching misguided disease-control policies, can eventually reverse the economic damage. What it cannot do is escape the consequences of its unprecedented buildup of indebtedness. Nobody knows how much debt China has accumulated, but an estimate of 350% of annual gross domestic product sounds about right. Because of the infamous “hidden debt,” the number could even be higher.
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