The remaining 1 billion, however, remain among the poorest and most exploited people in the world, lacking even minimal rights and public services.And given the draconian birth control laws, the population of China will (at best) halve each fifty years, leaving the 2100 A.D. population at 300 million.
Sorry...but I do not agree with such a contention. Current birth rates (13.45 per 1000, 2007 est.) and mortality rates just do not add up to such a contention IMHO. In fact, the Chinese, despite their birth control attempts, are still experiencing positive growth at .606% (2007 est.) as of this year.
Tens of millions would have to die each year in order to produce what you contended in that last post and there is no current evidence that that is, or is about to happen. In fact, given the current rates, it would actually take a prolonged and massive war, IMHO, to produce the numbers you are speaking of. Either internal or external...and that may be more possible than any “peaceful” reduction of their population due to their birth control attempts.