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A comment on It's Cold Cash, Not Cold Feet, Motivating Runaway Brides in China. Parent comment

Re:It's Cold Cash, Not Cold Feet, Motivating Runaway Brides ... by poutine on Friday June 05, 2009 @11:17AM (#643320)
This is going to seriously screw over China. You have the 4-2-1 problem: 4 grandparents living off of 2 parents who are living off of 1 child. It obviously will not work, China doesn't have the wealth to support the welfare and Chinese parents demand retirement and this sort of support from their children.

China collapses in the 2020's due to demographic pressure and inequality. Demographic trends are all but unavoidable.

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Re:It's Cold Cash, Not Cold Feet, Motivating Runaway Brides ... by torr on Friday June 05, 2009 @11:44AM (#643372)
But wouldn't a large (and growing) population of frustrated young men serve to change this demographic trend? Or do you see a vicious cycle here?
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