I had a Chinese women tell me how all the Chinese that come to America are seen as the losers and those unable to make it in China right now. Most of the young and well to do in China are doing very well but if you get out of step career wise and miss your chance there or don’t have the right connections then the USA is seen as the consolation life direction. This person was a very hard working and intelligent women who was definitely left wing. After spending some time with them and educating her on politics and history she might be no longer on the left. She was very unhappy with the future prognosis of America and kinda in denial.
At this point in history that attitude would make sense; but its recent.
It may be that Chinese growth ends up curtailing emigration. They always sold Free Trade as doing that.
But it remains to be seen. Chinese culture has never valued consumption. So they may never have anything but an export economy, and eventually will slip back into economic stasis when production is cheaper elsewhere.
It doesn’t matter either way: they could lose 200 million of their populace and all it would do is relieve some social pressure.
But for us, it would mean that our country would be predominantly Chinese.
Isn’t it interesting that they come here, and not Latin America?
If they were the energetic self starters we are led to believe they are, wouldn’t that be where you would go to really make a difference?
But they don’t.