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RE: China's Population Crisis / 中国的人口问题
This is going to be a problem for most of the world this century. I think the people who were concerned with overpopulation had a very myopic view and basically missed this demographic "time-bomb" as some have called it. People have known about this issue for decades.
I think the real saviour here will be technology, both from the biomedical perspective in terms of life enhancement (as well as life extension) and also robotics. The combination of these two things will make old age much less of a problem.
Heya thecryptofiend. Yes, totally agree, the US as well as many other countries could be affected just as badly. However, China being the largest population currently also warrants much concern from us Chinese as a nation. As I'm sure you're aware, we tend to live with our extended families. Grandparents, even great grandparents all under one roof. So all members of the family will be directly affected in some way or another.
The worrying part for me is that this issue is actually a current one too. My family as well as my friends back in China are already dealing with similar issues. I see the struggles some of them are going through now. So I really hope that your vision of technology coming to the rescue comes to pass.
It might do but sadly I think the current generation of elderly people may end up suffering whilst they wait for technology to keep up. Japan seems to lead the way with this because they have been taking this issue seriously for a couple of decades but since everything is made in China I doubt they will be far behind:) Politicians will have to listen and put more government funding into these kinds of developments and care too since older people are some of the best voters so that is at least one positive as well.
Well said. My only worry is that at the end of the day it will boil down to governmental budgetary constraints, as funding may not be able to cater for everyone's needs.
Because of the sheer amount of people and services needing to be run all at once, which costs will have to be sacrificed? Even under immense political pressure from the people to solve this demographic crisis, it may well mean "cutting off an arm to save a leg." I see some tough decisions ahead.