Re:China’s vast fleet is tipping the balance in the Pacific
by Bendingo on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @11:03PM
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> a withering economy [...] for Russia
The Russian economy is growing, not withering: "Although economic sanctions tightened, [...] Russian economy expanded at a 1.6 percent pace in the year just ended," - [1] (or [2] if you think rt.com is fake news).
> massive population outflow for Russia
It is true that Russia population is decreasing, although Poland, Germany, Hungary, Japan etc are decreasing even more [3]. It's hyperbolic to describe this as "massive".
The Russian economy is growing, not withering: "Although economic sanctions tightened, [...] Russian economy expanded at a 1.6 percent pace in the year just ended," - [1] (or [2] if you think rt.com is fake news).
> massive population outflow for Russia
It is true that Russia population is decreasing, although Poland, Germany, Hungary, Japan etc are decreasing even more [3]. It's hyperbolic to describe this as "massive".
[1] - https://www.rt.com/business/448357-russian-economy-grows-san...
[2] - http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2019/01/08/da...
[3] - https://www.indexmundi.com/g/r.aspx?v=24