China's Ascendancy Debunks the West's Mass Immigration Myth: Diversity Isn't Destiny, By James Reed
The West's elites have long preached that mass immigration is the lifeblood of economic vitality, a cure for aging populations and shrinking workforces. Yet, China's meteoric rise, without the crutch of open borders, torpedoes this dogma. As a viral meme starkly illustrates, China's 1.4 billion-strong nation hosts fewer foreign nationals (845,697 in 2020) than Berlin alone (~1 million, with 1.8 million including migrant-background citizens). While Germany haemorrhages €50 billion annually on migrant welfare, integration, and housing, China's near-zero immigration policy powers its dominance in green tech, AI, autos, and infrastructure, all with a 92% Han Chinese population. Taiwan and Japan, similarly restrictive, lead in AI chips and automation, while Europe's "diverse" economies stagnate amid layoffs and social strain. The data screams: Cohesion, not diversity, fuels innovation, and the West's open-borders zealotry is a self-inflicted wound that threatens its future.
China's Homegrown Triumph: No Migrants, No Problem
China's economic juggernaut thrives without the "diversity dividend." Its 2020 census counted just 845,697 foreigners, 0.06% of its population, mostly temporary workers or Southeast Asian spouses. Contrast Berlin: 39.4% of its 3.7 million residents have migrant backgrounds, yet Germany's economy falters. China's recipe? A unified workforce, rigorous education (top PISA rankings), and state-driven innovation.
Green Tech Dominance: Western venture capitalists touring Chinese factories in 2024 were stunned: China leads in solar, wind, EVs, batteries, and hydrogen, rendering Western start-ups "non-viable." Bloomberg reports investors like Kompas VC and Planet A Ventures now shun European green tech, favouring Chinese firms powered by homegrown talent.
Auto Industry Surge: China's car production soared from 21.08 million in 2015 to 27.48 million in 2024 (+30%), while Germany's plummeted 29% from 5.7 million to 4 million. Chinese EVs? 62% of global production, 77% of batteries, with exports to Europe up 851% from 2020-2023. Germans buy Chinese cars; China buys none.
AI Leadership: Nvidia's Jensen Huang says 50% of global AI researchers are Chinese, with firms like Huawei challenging Nvidia's chip dominance. Taiwan, with 3.8% foreigners (mostly culturally similar), produces 90% of advanced AI chips for Nvidia and AMD. Germany? No notable AI firms.
Germany's Diversity Disaster: Fiscal and Social Collapse
Germany's 6 million migrants since 2015 haven't delivered the promised economic miracle. Instead, they cost €50 billion yearly, €46.7 billion in 2024 "citizens' money" welfare (63% to migrants, 26% of population), €29.7 billion federal asylum spending, and €20 billion in unemployment benefits (45% to non-citizens). The pension "fix"? A fantasy, Germany now eyes raising the retirement age to 73 by 2060. Meanwhile, auto giants shed jobs: Volkswagen (35,000), Mercedes (40,000), Audi (7,500), Daimler Truck (5,000), ZF Group (14,000), Bosch (22,000). Why? AI and automation, not migrants, are replacing workers, but AI doesn't pay pensions.
Social costs pile up: Crime rates rise (migrants linked to 40%+ of violent crime in some cities), education falters (migrant-heavy schools lag, with 20% of students barely speaking German), and housing shortages drive rents up 15-20%. X posts echo the frustration: "Mass immigration is a Ponzi scheme," one user laments, citing Germany's €400 billion net cost from 1995-2019. Another calls it "importing poverty, crime, and chaos."
Asia's Cohesion Advantage: Why Uniformity Wins
China, Taiwan, and Japan prove homogeneity isn't a handicap. China's high-speed rail network, 40,000 km, vs. Germany's creaking system, reflects disciplined investment. Germany's Stuttgart 21 rail? €1.5 billion budgeted, now €11 billion and counting, still unfinished. Taiwan's 3.8% foreign population (mostly Vietnamese spouses) powers TSMC, the world's AI chip kingpin. Japan, with 2% foreigners, leads in robotics, automating care for its aging demographic without migrant floods. BlackRock's Larry Fink praises Asia's "xenophobic" policies: AI and robotics solve labour shortages better than immigration, boosting productivity without social friction.
Europe's diversity dogma, meanwhile, breeds dysfunction. PISA scores plummet in migrant-heavy schools; Germany's 2022 ranking fell to 25th, while China tops. The EU's response? Clamp down on dissent, Germany mulls banning AfD for challenging the narrative, while infrastructure crumbles and social cohesion frays.
The West's Ideological Blindness: A Religious Cult of Open Borders
The West clings to immigration as a moral and economic necessity, despite evidence piling up like a Berlin squat. China's model, cohesive, educated, disciplined, exposes the lie. As one X user put it, "China's kicking our *** with 0.06% foreigners while Germany's diversity dreams cost €50B/year." Another: "Open borders are a religion, not a policy — facts don't matter." Europe's elites, insulated in upscale enclaves, push the mantra while voters, 59% in 2025 German polls want tighter borders, revolt.
Solutions? Emulate Asia: Cap low-skilled inflows, invest in automation, prioritise natives for high-value jobs. Germany's 2025 deportation push (up 20%) is a start, but the EU must ditch its "diversity is strength" cult before China's high-speed trains leave it in the dust. Cohesion, not chaos, builds the future, time for the West to learn from the East. Ditch the diversity myth! End mass immigration.
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