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Originally Posted by Amnorix
China is undergoing more change more quickly than nearly any country anywhere. Add to that the absurd social/reproduction management that the government has instituted, which has resulted in the largest gender imbalance anywhere in history, and it will be very interesting to see how their future progresses. Currently there are on the order of 120 men for every 100 women.
The consequences of this are staggering and only now beginning to be felt. One example is that China's police rescued 42,000 women from kidnapping/captivity from 2001 to 2003. Antoher is increase in crime, including violent crimes.
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They are also experiencing massive stratification of their overall society with the vast majority of the wealth centered in the Eastern seaboard cities while the rest of the country lags behind. Within 20 years China will either be the preeminate power in the world or will have suffered a horrendous civil war, IMO.