Posted on 11/27/2025 4:05:18 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The demographic crash will hit them hard over the next 40 years. They will shrink from 1.2 billion to a little over 600 million. There’s nothing they can do about it - most of the people who will be alive have already been born, and no one is going to immigrate to China.
The Chinese want to be leaders in everything except ethics and morality.
China does not tolerate social issues as the US does, so even with their lack of technical innovation they will eventually rule.
Did the author ever notice that Chinese quality is a tad lacking in construction and other areas?
RE: Did the author ever notice that Chinese quality is a tad lacking in construction and other areas?
I remember there was a time decades ago when the term “made in Japan” meant poor quality. Not anymore.
Companies will and ought to improve or they won’t survive long.
China's Population Trajectory: A Likely Decline, But Not to 600 Million
China's population has indeed begun a historic decline, driven by decades of low fertility rates, the legacy of the one-child policy (1979–2015), rapid urbanization, and rising costs of child-rearing. Official data from China's National Bureau of Statistics shows the population peaked at around 1.412 billion in 2021 and fell to about 1.409 billion by 2024. The United Nations (UN) projects it at approximately 1.416 billion as of mid-2025, with a negative growth rate of -0.23% that year—marking the start of sustained shrinkage.
However, the notion of a “collapse” to 600 million is overstated and not supported by mainstream demographic forecasts. This figure appears to stem from outlier analyses, particularly those by demographer Yi Fuxian, who argues China's current population is already inflated (closer to 1.28 billion) due to local government overreporting for fiscal incentives.
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Yes there is something they can do about it and they are:
The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk › business › 2025 › 10 › 12 › Western executives who visit China are coming back terrified Robotics has catapulted Beijing into a dominant position in many industries Oct 12, 2025Western executives who visit China are coming back terrified. Robotics has catapulted Beijing into a dominant position in many industries This feature is available for registered users.
After visiting a string of factories, Jim Farley was left astonished by the technical innovations being packed into Chinese cars – from self-driving software to facial recognition.
“Their cost and the quality of their vehicles is far superior to what I see in the West,” Farley warned in July.
“We are in a global competition with China, and it’s not just EVs. And if we lose this, we do not have a future at Ford.”
Andrew Forrest, the Australian billionaire behind mining giant Fortescue – which is investing massively in green energy – says his trips to China convinced him to abandon his company’s attempts to manufacture electric vehicle powertrains in-house.
Other executives describe vast, “dark factories” where robots do so much of the work alone that there is no need to even leave the lights on for humans. “We visited a dark factory producing some astronomical number of mobile phones,” recalls Greg Jackson, the boss of British energy supplier Octopus.- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/10/12/why-western-executives-visit-china-coming-back-terrified/
Since the US has its own demographic crisis, due to contraception and abortion, and younger Americans overall increasingly are not even learning the skills parents had, or want to, then it will need robots as well.
Delusional.
China does not have “leadership in technology.”
“Clever those Chinese”
EV,s that constantly catch on fire and when they do the police put a screen around it so that the public can’t see it is a Chinese made EV
Most companies are owned by the CCP. There is no incentive to improve. The only incentive is to appear to improve by cutting corners and cooking the books.
“..low fertility rates, the legacy of the one-child policy...”
RE: Most companies are owned by the CCP. There is no incentive to improve.
This article talks about RoboTaxis.
The companies that develop them in the USA are Dominated by Waymo ( owned by Google/Alphabet) Tesla ( Elon Musk ), Zoox ( owned by Amazon ), Motional, and Uber/Lyft partnerships.
I don’t think any Chinese companies own them. Unless you have board of directors in these companies who are under CCP payroll.
Otherwise, the Chinese RoboTaxis have no choice but to compete against them and provide customers value for money.
RE: China does not have “leadership in technology.”
Not now, not yet. But let’s not be complacent. They’re catching up. I would never say never against a country with 1.4 billion people, many of them in the STEM field.
All sizzle no steak.
RE: All sizzle no steak.
Confidence is crucial, but overconfidence can blind you to your opponent’s capabilities.
You’re brainwashed and has nothing to do with confidence.
RE: You’re brainwashed and has nothing to do with confidence
If you’re overconfident and complacent, it does not bode well for us.
The right word to use is not “brainwash”, it’s vigilant.
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