While we engage in petty bull****, China has

[DinoDoc]

Despite a higher fertility rate than Japan, demographics are somehow supposed to cause "an economic stagnation that will make Japan healthy by comparison"?

100 Million Elderly: China's Demographic Time Bomb

Old people will be the US's greatest weapon against China. As they will force China as the years go by to be less able to rely on a low cost work force and they'll suck up State resources as China prepares for the massive task of getting the welfare system ready to take care of an aging population with less and less family support.

[dannubis]

You assume the Chinese care.

[rah]

Yes, no one there will even notice when the ice floe sinks.

[Aeson]

The Chinese can always let a few more foreign workers come in if they need to.

[Kuciwalker]

Despite a higher fertility rate than Japan, demographics are somehow supposed to cause "an economic stagnation that will make Japan healthy by comparison"?

Japan is far richer than China and so is somewhat better equipped to deal with this.

[Boris Godunov]

Holy drunk thread posting.

Actually, the only reason I posted it is because of this:

http://www.amazon.com/Red-Alert-Prosperity-Threatens-American/dp/0446576239

And that's because I just picked it up, since it was written by my uncle's brother-in-law. I've just read the forward so far. TERRIFYINGGGGGG!

[Felch]

Despite a higher fertility rate than Japan, demographics are somehow supposed to cause "an economic stagnation that will make Japan healthy by comparison"?

Coupled with the coming collapse of their banking system, I think China will have a hard time getting rich before it gets old.

You assume the Chinese care.

The Chinese literally worship their ancestors. Westerners can throw old people in the trash, because we rightly despise and abhor the elderly. The Chinese have a serious cultural obligation to take care of their parents and grandparents.

[dannubis]

Eum... Having been there quite a lot recently, the younger generation of Chinese is positively the most selfish and nonethical group of people ever to grace the face of the earth. And I am not exagerating. They would sell their mother in a heartbeat if they saw the opportunity.

[rah]

I don't think that is limited to China.

[Felch]

All young people are selfish and unethical.

[Felch]

Damn you, rah.

[rah]

They learn it from their parents.

[Lorizael]

All young people are selfish and unethical.

So old people suck, and young people suck. But middle aged people...?

[Felch]

I am perfect. If you're older than me you're a stinky old fossil. If you're younger than me, you're a worthless piece of ****. Clear?

[Lorizael]

Sure, but that means we're going to end up with a lot of ****.