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TexasTowelie

(115,223 posts) Wed Jan 17, 2024, 09:14 AM Jan 2024

We Need To Discuss This China Economic News; Population Decline; Chinese Economy - China Update

00:00 Introduction
00:12 Chinese Economy I: Two Speeches
06:27 Chinese Economy II: The Official 2023 Data

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We Need To Discuss This China Economic News; Population Decline; Chinese Economy - China Update (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2024 OP

As he says, the numbers from China are not dependable, but none of what he cited points to Scrivener7 Jan 2024 #1

Scrivener7

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1. As he says, the numbers from China are not dependable, but none of what he cited points to

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Jan 17, 2024, 12:34 PM

Jan 2024

disaster, only slower rates of growth.

As for the population decline, 2 million is kind of a drop in the bucket for China. And when it comes to population decline, there are economic factors and then there are human survival factors. Any reduction in population is good news for the planet.

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