China may miss to be a developed nation

Gohhock SG

Recently, I heard a report that the average age in China is 35, and with no changing of the one-child policy , China could miss being a developed nation. May be on top of changing the one-child to 2/3-child policy, it has to follow spore by opening up to foreign talents and less restrictive on foreign investment. However, this is even harder to do basing on spore experience since China is such a big country. To make things worse, its central govt is facing huge task of cleaning up corruption even though its people are still respecting the central govt so far.

Fcukpap SG

China will never face population shortage…in fact, pop control is crucial in their political agenda, particularly for the urban areas, whereas, such draconian rule is not so practiced in rural/ minority groups.

The main issues for China is to develop a strategic policy to improve the quality of life, economically strong in tandem to control of its population growth, aside to the challenging and daunting tasks of weeping out corruption.

Another crucial aspect is to enforce English as the second most important language from primary school onwards. In the next 10 to 20 years, the parents may hard to find it difficult to communicate with their children, grandchildren….

Once a country starts to become prosperous, cost of living inflates….thats when population growth will start to decline…

Bikeforceful SG

In absolute totality there is limited resources worldwide. Mother Earth has more than enough humans to support! But humans just want more of themselves for selfish reasons.

jojobeach SG

For human reproduction.. a man and a woman.

China is mostly men now... because of their one child policy...and gender selective abortions and abandonment.

Unless one china woman is going to have several husbands .. their population is going to implode.

They can import more women.. from where ? Oh that's right.. from North Korea.

mancha SG

They have problems before, they have problems just a few years ago, they are having problems now, they will manage any problems when it comes and survive.

No country have ever reached the stage where everything is solved, it will always be one problem to the next, one crisis to the next one.

alize SG

China won't need more young people to support the old. When old people retire, they just go back to the countryside where it is cheap, to live or die.

FunGuyWorkaholic SG

I rather they have a smaller population, with better quality of life and better moral values, than so many people, with lack of moral values. I mean, wah lao, people dying in front so many people just pass by don't care...

Rahikalhasan SG

sgdiehard SG

ler gong simi nin peh liat bo giu...ei sai gong ang moh boh? ah bo gong teng nang lah..

Eroticafe SG

in what universe, average 35?

Depwnz SG

Can you please post your source? Because your claims are quite ridiculous really.

AhBeng2 SG

erh...maybe it is 53? google the subject and you find aging PRC population esp Shanghai......% pass 60 increasing fast and their CPF kosong...so how to tap from younger contribution?...so need to increase young people contribution to distribute to older generation.

they are talking about geo-2nd child policy ONLY for selected tier-1 city. But like sg...too late.....coz people cannot afford 2nd child due to living/bring up cost.... so the very rich can have ........no need look far.....PRC only need to look at Sg or HK see if 2nd child policy can succeed or not.

Quality of life?...this is process of civilisation.....needs time....we in Sg came to today after many decades...likewise with HK..........for PRC too much too soon is a tall order....can their ppl learn to be civilise to Sg std or HK std? manners, etc etc... you find them still talking loud on phone on streets,...spitting,...littering, pushing, not queing...all these social values develop by process of civilisation.....money cannot buy.

As for English as 2nd language....it has been there eversince....and they need to pass in Gaokao......Eng is 150 points...total gaokao is 750 points.....yet cannot pass because too many chinese....and Eng not working language...unlike us...x-Brit colony and we speak Eng because it is prime language and many of us are non-Chinese. Putonghua not our common language but mix of many dialects....so English is common......to all Sg people regardless of race or creed.....PRC dif...It is CHINESE period. They tried to encourage Eng....in School long time ago and still do. but for exam only. After passing exam, forgotten becoz no practice...why no practice ..coz Chinese only is used in biz and everywhere.... HK not same....English is their working language but Mandarin getting more used.

sgdiehard SG

drop a stupid post and disappear forever....don't waste time responding.