China in decline

[DoubleDutch]

I applauded when the one-child policy was introduced. I am passionate that global population is THE problem.
We can conserve all we like but if the population keeps increasing - particularly in non-western countries - it will end in tears.
For a sustainable future, halting population growth was essential - and they have done it. India has not.
For a long-term bet, I would pick China.

Why do you think Earth is overpopulated?

Looking at starving children in Africa looks horrible, but it is problem of Africa, not Earth.

China's one child policy dealt with regime's inability to comply with basic rules of economics, just like North Korea today. China was crumbling, and they came up with idea of limiting population, instead of trying to help themselves feed each other. There are starving people in the world, not many places, NK being one place, but it has nothing to do with "overpopulation", it has everything to do with gross mismanagement of resources, country is run like death camp. Very much like China up to mid 90s, then China figured out that people can feed themselves, if State allows them.


In the West opposite is true, at current birth rate we do not sustain our own population. If Europeans keep having about 1 child per family, we are done within 40 years, given the influx from North Africa and parts of Mid East.