On Sat, Nov 4, 2023 at 9:29 PM Lennart Sorensen <
[email protected]> wrote:


> At least the values you get if you search google says it is at 1.412 billion
> and growing at 0.1% as of 2021 (not negative).  Forecast that it might
> drop to 1.31 billion by 2050, so the slowing growth is likely to
> continue.  India is very close to it at 1.408 billion, so highly likely
> to surpass it.
>

https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3018829/chinas-population-numbers-are-almost-certainly-inflated-hide

> The one-child policy is long-gone, but nobody is having kids and nobody's
> moving there.
>
> Yeah you don't hear of too many people moving there.
>

... or even visiting:
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/08/30/china-post-covid-19-tourism-foreigners-visitors-economy-society/

My cousin's daughter moved there recently to study and live with her boyfriend
> there.  I wonder how she will find life there.  She is in Hangzhou.
>

I hope for her sake she is able to leave when she wants to:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-exit-bans-foreigners-xi-rcna82393

It does sound like setting up companies in China is not trivial and you
> don't actually get to fully be in control.
>

https://www.businessinsider.com/china-economy-foreign-investment-deficit-beijing-xi-jinping-zero-covid-2023-11
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/article-bankruptcy-of-stellantis-jeep-joint-venture-in-china-could-spell/

Well it will be interesting to see what happens.  It may not be good, but
> definitely interesting.


There's more than enough "interesting" in the world for me already right
now.

- Evan
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