This is more of an economics questions but recently a discussion emerged and the one child policy of China was raised. I initially focused on the human rights aspect. Like the alleged forced termination of any other pregnancies that may occur after one child has been born in any family. I didn’t get as far as discussing the baby girls that are discarded often or were in the past before a comment was raised by another person.

IE there are two aspects to consider seriously about the one child policy. The person suggested this that while the population is being controlled by the one child population there is an artificially created aging population to a level not seen in the rest of the world.

Is it a reasonable consideration to ponder that with a population of 1, 357,588, 725 people , 6 667 579 Population growth this year,9 488 487 Deaths this year

Would an aging population in a country with a population control policy at some point suffer and economic crisis due the amount of aging people into their future or what?

according to this site

http://countrymeters.info/en/China/

Current population

>The person suggested this that while the population is being controlled by the one child population there is an artificially created aging population to a level not seen in the rest of the world.

I’m not sure whether that is the case. Most ‘western’ nations have crashing populations, and the aging of the population is apparent in most first world countries. Have a look at birth rates for Japan, Greece, Italy, Germany………et al.

In China’s case, it is my belief that the gender imbalance, that has been brought about by the one child policy, will cause far greater problems.

sibeen said:

>The person suggested this that while the population is being controlled by the one child population there is an artificially created aging population to a level not seen in the rest of the world.

I’m not sure whether that is the case. Most ‘western’ nations have crashing populations, and the aging of the population is apparent in most first world countries. Have a look at birth rates for Japan, Greece, Italy, Germany………et al.

In China’s case, it is my belief that the gender imbalance, that has been brought about by the one child policy, will cause far greater problems.

good points

1 357 588 927 Current population
704 836 040 Current male population (51.9%)
652 752 887 Current female population (48.1%)
16 588 413 Births this year
26 835 Births today
9 488 734 Deaths this year
15 350 Deaths today
-431 920 Net migration this year
-699 Net migration today
6 667 759 Population growth this year
10 787 Population growth today

Every 1.90 sec. a baby is born in China. Every hour 1 890.6 persons are born.
Every 3.33 sec. one person dies in China. Every hour die 1 081.4 persons.

these are the changing statistics from the site

Let’s face it. The one super power that will make it through the economic clime, will shoot itself in the foot due to balancing economics on population density.

quality always supersedes quantity.

The only reasonable solution is to stop aging.

>The only reasonable solution is to stop aging.

Or to get rich.

hand waving generalisation

The richer a country the lower its fertility rate.

sibeen said:

>The only reasonable solution is to stop aging.

Or to get rich.

hand waving generalisation

The richer a country the lower its fertility rate.

Then you just get an aged population without the youngings for taxation / cannon fodder.

DV had a product called Stop Getting So Hot Ya Bastard, or something like that, but I think it was to do with radiators rather than procreation.

My boss reckons they gave bromide tablets to the soldiers in the war to quell some urges, maybe introducing it to the water supply could be plausible…

Anyway the answer to the question is, yes.

Peak Warming Man said:

Anyway the answer to the question is, yes.

yes, the aging population of china will devastate the economy eventually?

Dropbear said:

The only reasonable solution is to stop aging.

A friend suggests if you lay on your back that your face looks younger when you age.

>>A friend suggests if you lay on your back that your face looks younger when you age.

Did he ask yoy to think of England?

monkey skipper said:

Dropbear said:

The only reasonable solution is to stop aging.

A friend suggests if you lay on your back that your face looks younger when you age.

i would’ve thought laying on your back was part of the increasing population problem in the first place…

monkey skipper said:

Dropbear said:

The only reasonable solution is to stop aging.

A friend suggests if you lay on your back that your face looks younger when you age.

i’ve suggested a few friends lay on their back..

lol! doh!

Dropbear said:

monkey skipper said:

Dropbear said:

The only reasonable solution is to stop aging.

A friend suggests if you lay on your back that your face looks younger when you age.

i’ve suggested a few friends lay on their back..

oh dear. I am glad I added this thought to the thread!!

stumpy_seahorse said:

monkey skipper said:

Dropbear said:

The only reasonable solution is to stop aging.

A friend suggests if you lay on your back that your face looks younger when you age.

i would’ve thought laying on your back was part of the increasing population problem in the first place…

and you are a missionary?

I was talking about wrinkles specifically. Just to clarify.

I believe the Vatican has agreed to the use of oral contraceptives, provided that the woman doesn’t swallow the pill, but holds it between her knees.

bob(from black rock) said:

I believe the Vatican has agreed to the use of oral contraceptives, provided that the woman doesn’t swallow the pill, but holds it between her knees.

They used to prescribe a slice of lemon.. and it still works.