China includes NKorea IMHO when we are talking endgame.
China's in the middle of a population collapse.
They really fooked themselves with One Child:
Your opinion? Wouldn't China be better off with about half the population (or less) than it now has? I understand there is the temporary problem of a bunch of people too old to work. But the Asians aren't burdened with the feelings that westerners have about the infirm. Or are they?
Patriotism (and religion) is the last refuge of a scoundrel.