This is an interesting issue. First, whatever China mandates is going to
appear draconian. Second, there is a significant problem of overpopulation
worldwide. Third, China and India are the most populous nations in the world,
which is already burdened with an unsustainable population level. Lowered
mortality, mentioned in the article, means that the population will age and
require care, presumably by the children of these senior citizens, rather than
by the state.
We have a related problem here in the US. Childbirth is currently below the
replacement level. This would lead to declining population if it were not for
immigration from other countries. Nativist interests in this country want us
to limit immigration to "protect" us from being overwhelmed by uneducated,
criminal, etc. people. This argument goes back to before the Civil War and,
obviously, the result of immigration by people who aren't "our kind," whether
they be people of different ethnicities or religions or races has not been
beneficial. Everyone on this mailing who is not descended from immigrants,
please stand up. Powhaton [sp?] said it "There goes the neighborhood."
The underlying issue in both cases is political control. The problem has been
recognized for thousands of years and has been dealt with, generally
unsuccessfully. The first chapter of the Book of Exodus describe Pharoah's
fear of being overwhelmed by a foreign influences. The Chinese built the Great
Wall. Two different approaches, neither satisfactory. The Egyptians needed
cheap labor and the Chinese were attempting to avoid political change. Neither
was, ultimately, successful.
The Israelites left and the Mongols came in, anyway.
Population control is necessary. Mao recognized it but the solution to the
problem has not yet been realized. There will certainly be discomfort,
probably major, as the population ages. We Seniors have a desire and need for
care as we leave the workforce. I don't know the answer.
Eric
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"Last Monday, the handful of old men who run China decided to allow Chinese
couples to have three
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The surprise move, made by communist dictator Xi Jinping and his Politburo
colleagues, marks a stunning reversal of the infamous one-child policy."
Bob Kasprak
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