Is China Vanishing Slowly?

is China's population Vanishing they have a record low birth rate for the second year in a row so we're going to talk about what the internet's thinking and what as you know Chinese Americans we might think well I reckon it's a good thing cuz they're our rival but they're also kind of necessary for our survival who's going to make all our stuff and then buy all the luxury goods what's going on Andrew this is going super viral on a lot of different forums Andrew everything from just population forums to political ones to business forums Andrew China's population drops for a second year with with record low birth rates what does it mean Andrew look at the projection it's on this curve it's peaking it looks like by the year 2100 the population's going to go all the way down to 600 million all the way down from 1.4 whoa uh but that's in 2,100 year that's crazy anyways uh to project that far but I guess some people are wondering David is the amount amount of people talking about this is it because China is such a player in this globe right whether it's manufacturing that's a superpower it's got its hands in a lot of things um so one on that reason a lot of people got to talk about then number two there is kind of a negative connotation of people talking about it because a lot of people are like at least in the internet comments saying yeah this is good yeah I think honestly the news sources definitely are picking sort of negative photos and then just letting people play it out because they know anything involving China right now is getting the click-through weight now David we're going to talk about it and get into the comment section but what do people need to realize about population Cline this is happening in a lot of countries it's happening in a lot of countries but I guess it's noteworthy in China because China at one point has the largest population in the world it's the second biggest economy and the growth rate decline is being even more accelerated than for example in Japan and Korea where it's even worse than China is right now right so wait you're saying because even though the birth rate in Japan and and Korea are lower than China but because China's huge population you're seeing a way bigger drop yeah people are like China ain't even got rich yet they were still on the come up you you're supposed to do that once you've been rich like Japan for several decades yeah yeah yeah I I mean I think that basically any issue that China has is a big issue because it's a big country yes and it's so interconnected in the global economy right so so this is not a small country this is not like Singapore having a low birth rate right which would affect Singapore but Singapore is a small country this is China so any issue that China has is a gigantic issue so anyways that's why people are talking about so make sure you like subscribe and turn on your notifications Andrew but you know what else is a big deal small house sauce man uh very delicious goes good on your food and leading to a flavorless decline decline in flavorless um I think that this is happening everywhere in the world with an urban industrialized population that is moving away from an agricultural Society or at least trending away from it but yes it's very interesting that it's happening this early in China's economic timeline I I suppose so um we actually have a good friend who's raising a kid in China right now who has baby daughter in China and I asked him about it and this is what he said he said you know I'm not sure what the government is actually going to be able to do I haven't seen a lot of real solutions or an actual initiative that would convincingly make people like us have more babies um but per possibly uh I think a lot of governments May in a weird way welcome a reduction of population especially with the Advent and the onset of artificial intelligence now here's the thing about China they still I think they want more people they do but what are they going to do about it what can they do well just like before when they stop people from having babies force people to have more babies that's what they need to do um I think that more and more more governments especially with the AI advents that are going to be so big in 2024 Andrew they're almost starting to imagine their societies with like half as many people and they're starting to be like how can Ai and the robots help us get there cuz like you said Andrew no country has been able to reverse it yeah no country's been able to reverse it I do feel like China is going to feel this sharp decline as opposed to India because India a lot of people I don't think the birth rat's as low people are having more kids think 2.1 there I think it's partially because of religion because if you are a highly religious country you're going to be like oh I want to have more kids uh more people to part of the religion and stuff like that like there's just basically in China people are like well you know like I don't know do I want to not have another kid like I just got to this lifestyle and if I raise another kid it makes my lifestyle harder and you know I want my K to live this values and priorities shifted so far away from that agricultural like spaced out living and so into like the cramm skyscraper living so quick that people are like yeah I cannot afford to have another child and like give them all the things that I would want to like I just move into the skyscraper now if I have a kid I have to move out of the skyscraper you know and I do think a lot of like I guess well-off kids in China I'm sure they the ones who can really afford multiple kids maybe they don't even want to have a lot of kids because they're still just getting to this point where Chinese people are just enjoying their lives now at least upper middle class people in China are now enjoying their lives and they feel like having more and more kids because the systems aren't set up for it they won't be able to enjoy their life not only that Andrew though their parents were probably more than likely 99% chance 97% chance raised as single children themselves so they know what it was like they were like yeah being our only child was so great you have four grandparents you have two parents so many people loving you why would I want to deny my kid the joy of being a selfish spoiled only child yeah I think it's interesting I guess my like uh theory in all this is is kind of like how I look at shrinking chinatowns around the country you know how they say chinatowns are kind of shrinking but Chinese people are still everywhere like there's more Chinese restaurants in the big cities than there's ever been in American history but the chinat towns are smaller so I feel like maybe China gets a little smaller over the next 20 years until there's some type of initiative to have more kids right which maybe in the next 30 Years there will be but there will be a decline of population probably Stead for the next couple decades but then Chinese people will still be going everywhere in the world having kids or mixing in with other people well Andrew that brings up an interesting point because some people were saying that all the people who want to have multiple kids are all outbound population immigrating to other countries because it's more comfortable to have more kids in like Australia or New Zealand or America or Canada yeah wow this guy's saying outbound populations are adding to communist China's population stress while adding valuable educated and welcome resources to other countries who doesn't appreciate these new pharmacists Engineers doctors College professors these other countries need more nerds yeah I mean it is true that the environment in China whether it's pollution or things like that it could it could seem more appealing unless your family's got some serious assets or connections to go abroad I would agree with that somebody said small PPS make no make baby dude China has never had a problem making babies this is not the issue come on guys these comments just factually man um somebody said Western fascists are always looking for every sign of China's decline the difference is that China always has a plan for this issue the West is no longer able to plan longer than the length of their nose um of course Andrew this slipped into a bunch of like East versus West things they were talking about how Eastern countries have no immigration but Western countries have a ton of immigration right now obviously uh maybe particularly some people say it's controversial some people say it's not from Africa and Middle Eastern countries cuz those are the only regions of the world that have a positive birth rate right now but a this guy said Asia will never have that for two reasons one they protect their borders and number two no one wants to live there uh actually I think a lot of people would want to live in Japan Korea and I think some people would move to China for sure do you think that China would people are looking at China just like it's just not fun enough I I don't want it's so unjoy is China going to let in a lot of immigrants from like let's say uh the Middle East or Africa or India I don't know I I don't know we'll see well honestly I don't think that people would want to and no to be honest I just don't think so to be honest if you made me guess uh I feel like East Asia's plan is kind of like like we will deal with it like we will just rather deal with the robots go up and down they'll be like all right cool um basically people are talking about China's slowing economy Andrew there are a ton of college graduates even with postgrad degrees Andrew that cannot find a good job right now I got a I got I I I got I got a a solution for China this is not a good Solution by the way this is just a solution okay um soft power you got to make a bunch of movies about depicting different types of parents raising kids like a bunch of movies that center around young parents living in different situations because obviously if you're well off no issue usually having kids in any country when you're middle class lower middle class and you're poor then that's an issue you really don't want if you're just trying to come up the last thing you want is to have like two kids then you're like oh crap my life is a lot harder so they need to like depict how to live a life or they need like more influencers to show people how to live a life raising mult like kids as a middle class how having multiple kids which most people generally thinks makes your life Less Fun how it could make your life more fun yeah or how it's glorious ious so they need to instill this image that it is a right thing to do and that you can actually live a good life and then the government also needs to give you breaks but is it is that true though or will you just be lying to people through media it you know does media depict reality or does reality depict media I don't know they need some system changes for sure if they want to make it more appealing I literally haven't seen any country reverse it yet you have to make things easier yeah I don't think you can reverse it but you can slow the decline and then maybe you'll see this the the Curve will go down down down down down down and then maybe plateau and then maybe start steering up later work on the robots guys work on the robots um somebody said 40 Years of the one child policy is finally coming back to bite them 60% of Chinese males will never have a date let alone get married or have kids they did this to themselves 60% of Chinese males I don't know if it's 60% and also guys clearly Japan and Korea never had a one child policy and they still have a low birth R so you don't it's not only that that that's definitely part of it but that's not the only and this whole turned into a whole gender war and there's so many discussions that came out of this uh listen guys like we said when there's things happening to gigantic countries and the Technologies changing and there's an aging population but nobody knows how effective the older people can fit into the modern economy there's a lot of things Andrew that are incredibly hard to predict like nobody knows what's really going to happen no there's so many factors at play right here I will say this though there's a lot of interesting debates about governmental policies modern relationships and marriages immigration policies cost of living and general desires of Lifestyle how the population decline will actually impact quality of life will it go up or go down will everybody be working for the older generation or is everybody just going to have more money and more space around them and then there's a lot of talks about AI the role of AI and Robotics in the future all wrapped up and population decline you know what China could do they have all these like built cities they have a lot of cities in space they could designate certain cities that are extra kidfriendly that are going to appeal to middle class families to move to to raise them in these communities because I do think you need other families around to raise kids so there's like all these cities that maybe are not being used or you make certain cities more attractive for parents you need to have a well-run systemized daycare in all of those like large skyscraper complexes you know with all the stores at the bottom cuz if you guys know about the I guess probably realistically more like upper middle class in China they live in these like large skyscrapers and they got like a bunch of stores at China could do China could designate certain cities that are better for children and then like more policing and more extra schooling extra this extra Nanny care you know China is one country that could do it they they do something like that anyways that's my solution I don't know what else I think that uh yeah it could be really interesting and they got all the different restaurants and they got the D just put a mall at the bottom of every think about it it's not shenzen because Shan zun maybe is too crazy of a city but like what's a city over from shanan and you make that the child City raise your child in this city and I think they need to build like more satellite cities because people want to live close to the big city but realistically you need more space like better subur I guess more kidfriendly suburbs yeah just the highspeed trains 20 30 40 50 minutes out and make the trains more fun anyway guys let us know what you think in the comment section below you know Solutions based logical rational thinking here on the hop hop boys until next time we uh let us know what you think in the comments section below we out peace