tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post33507434141096880..comments2024-03-26T12:19:52.801-04:00Comments on Tea at Trianon: China's Cassandra Prophecyelena maria vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-37125471118060239402010-02-03T21:26:24.316-05:002010-02-03T21:26:24.316-05:00What's interesting about China's "one...What's interesting about China's "one-child" policy and the preference for boys, is that, um, who couldn't see the net result of *that*? Social engineering policies are always destructive. What's fascinating is that the Chinese have to resort to the same techniques as polygamist societies do -- kidnap women, and reach further down in age, marrying young girls to men.<br /><br />xavier - your comment about the birth rate in moslem countries declining was interesting. Like others, I had always assumed it was mushrooming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-43684870702988675272010-02-03T09:55:38.416-05:002010-02-03T09:55:38.416-05:00I think Julygirl meant that more and more American...I think Julygirl meant that more and more Americans are being converted.Venus on the half shellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15474211889735042008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-50417452899217250742010-02-03T09:22:12.568-05:002010-02-03T09:22:12.568-05:00Julygirl:
Doubtful. Contrary to conventional wisd...Julygirl:<br /><br />Doubtful. Contrary to conventional wisdom, many Moslem countries like Tunisia have a birthrate is similar to Western Europe; even Iran's birthrate has plummeted from 7 kids in the 70s to 1,5 or so last decade.<br /><br />Yes in the short term, the Moslems will wreck a lot of havoc but time is against them. The Moslems in the Mideast have a GDP less than Finland; but worse of all, the women are being systematically driven from public life and face so many social and cultural disqualifications. <br /><br />The Christian and non-Moslem minorities are either terrorized or forced into exile and when these minorities leave, the Moslem countries will stagnate and are only kept solvent by the West's money. That'll soon come to an end as we need that money for ourselves. The Chinese are totally disinterested in the Mideast and will only play a spoiler role.<br /><br />In sum, the Moslem countries are far worse off than China.<br /><br />xavierxavierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15924047562026242210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-51886968025501540422010-02-02T11:10:37.309-05:002010-02-02T11:10:37.309-05:00Desperate times call for desperate measures. We h...Desperate times call for desperate measures. We have our own population problems among the western nations......our grandchildren and great grand children will be saying "Praise Allah".Julygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08113475639726723076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-6879019290454750242010-02-02T08:36:50.725-05:002010-02-02T08:36:50.725-05:00Maria Elena:
No because it'll be 'unfair&#...Maria Elena:<br />No because it'll be 'unfair' to the cities like Shanghai and Beijing while benefiting the rural areas. The rural/urban divide is a very serious one because there's a lot of resentment in the rural areas that the cities- especially on the coast have immensely benefited from embrace of the open economy while the peasants have been left behind<br />Second, repealing the 1 child policy won't change the underlying bias towards girls. They'll still be regarded as inferiors. Further,<br />The Chinese are neither culturally, morally and psychologically prepared to accept métis children<br /><br />Third, the regime is fearful that the 2,5 trillion dollars in surplus will be 'frittered' away on having to increase social spending (education, healthcare, hospitals, daycare centres, etc) rather than as a war chest to buy influence and prestige<br /><br />Fourth, even if the 1 child policy were repealed, there's no way that the male/female imbalance can be corrected if ever. I honestly thought that reunification with Taiwan was a subtle way of of increasing the female ratio but that country now has the lowest birthrate in the world. The population will contract a decade earlier than expected.<br /><br />In conclusion, I'm skeptical of the China century; I don't think it happen as many commentators assume due to the fact that they're ignoring demographics<br /><br />xavierxavierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15924047562026242210noreply@blogger.com