Chinese hacking spree hit an ‘astronomical’ number of victims

Re:Chinese hacking spree hit an ‘astronomical’ number of vic... by bushbaba on Saturday March 06, 2021 @06:03PM (#26371352)

You forget that China also is running up against their demographic clock.

They have a very anti immigration culture, and the one child policy means they’ll have more retirees than working age in a decade or two.

And it’ll only get worse as given their less than replacement birth rate and substantially more males than females.

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Re:Chinese hacking spree hit an ‘astronomical’ number of vic... by baybal2 on Saturday March 06, 2021 @07:35PM (#26371940)

> You forget that China also is running up against their demographic clock.

A slightly aged China will still be able to field more military age men than the whole of Western bloc combined.

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Re:Chinese hacking spree hit an ‘astronomical’ number of vic... by thekyle on Saturday March 06, 2021 @09:16PM (#26372530)

I don't know if having a large army matters that much in a nuclear war. I think its more a matter of who has the best antimissile defenses.

In the age of nuclear weapons having a large population might actually be a liability since you have more civilians that need to be defended.

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Re:Chinese hacking spree hit an ‘astronomical’ number of vic... by baybal2 on Sunday March 07, 2021 @06:28AM (#26375025)

> In the age of nuclear weapons having a large population might actually be a liability since you have more civilians that need to be defended.

You probably never heard of Mao's most famous catchphrase, reflecting perfectly on the thinking of people like Xi Jinping.

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