Thanks for the insight, SunkenCiv. I had not heard that the one child policy had been lifted, nor the other sociological info you mentioned wrt their own male baby boom generation.
I am always so happy to learn from other Freepers in our conversations over the cyber backyard fence!
I pray that your insight is correct and that China has no likely designs for a land war.
In that “2034” topic post, I think I predicted that China would fight (and lose) some short land wars with neighbors, and gradually become embroiled in a large internal struggle with ethnic and jihadist groups. The latter is coming to pass. The former may be foreshadowed by other moves the regime has been making. As a consequence, the Chinese will need to stay on our good side. But in 85 short years, the US will still be dominant, probably even more dominant, in the world, which means the faux predictions that they’ll be entering a post-US world will become louder. :’)
It is true that the one child policy has been lifted, I think to 2 permitted. There was never a 1 child mandate, but rather a 1 child restriction. SC I don’t think the population estimates you have given are quite so high. I am leaving on a trip, so no time to research, but here is a link with lots of data.