tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post6860113241946412537..comments2024-03-29T00:16:25.097-07:00Comments on The Eponymous Flower: Germany Stuck in a Downward SpiralTancredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015531337154301560noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-37219934312475738372012-11-17T06:45:43.788-08:002012-11-17T06:45:43.788-08:00I agree with this commentary with one proviso. Chi...I agree with this commentary with one proviso. China's one child policy means it is on the same suicidal trajectory as the nations of the West. It's 1.3 bilion plus population probably means that it will take longer for the problem to become cronic but with a birth rate even lower than that of Europe it is destined to follow an even steeper downward trajectory. I have read elsewhere it may be the first nation in history to become old before becoming powerful. It's current growth is due to it playing catch up as it modernises from the disastrous Mao era policies, not from natural organic growth. I have also read of brand new modern cities with hardly anyone in them and high speed rail systems going nowhere in particular as different party bosses and officials pour money into pet projects in their particular regions and provinces. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com