China’s Population Crash By James Reed
It seems that demography could be the limiting factor to China's quest for world domination. According to predictions from the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS), China's population, presently around 1.4 billion, with drop by an incredible 60 percent by the end of the 21st century, to 525 million. Of course, this is a process of gradual demographic decline, and effects will be felt long before that in all aspects of society, such as the economy and military.
The population decline arises from Chinese women not wanting to have babies, their interests being absorbed by working in the economy. The same situation is occurring in Japan and South Korea, all advanced East Asian countries, so this birth dearth is no longer a phenomenon characterising Western White populations. And, as in the West, all policies to attempt to reverse this have failed. It seems that it is a by-product of modernity and consumerism, and so long as the materialist world view dominates, demographic extinction awaits. Interestingly enough, the birth dearth is not found in certain Christian and Jewish populations, so a working hypothesis is that the decline in religion may be a factor as well, and that is an opposing world view to materialism consumerism. A rebirth in the faith will indeed save humanity.
"China's population of over 1.4 billion could drop by a precipitous 60 percent by the end of the century, according to a Chinese think tank.
By 2100, the world's second-largest population could number just 525 million, the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) has predicted.
The report came on the heels of Chinese statistics bureau data showing that more people died than were born in China for the second consecutive year in 2023.
The SASS's new figure is 62 million people fewer than the academy's projection last year.
"Our updated forecast for China brings forward our forecast of when the world's population will peak by one year to 2083, although there is much that is uncertain," Victoria University senior research fellow Peng Xiujian wrote last month in an analysis of Chinese population trends.
"The accelerated decline in China's population will weaken China's economy and, through it, the world's economy," she said.
Liu predicted the trend will dampen Chinese consumer spending while pushing up wages and government spending.
Like other nations in East Asia, China faces a rapidly greying workforce. This can lead to a shortage of skilled workers, decreased labor supply, and increased pressure on a country's medical and social welfare systems."
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