Not only all that...
there’s the HUGE gender imbalance due to the one-child law.
Many many more males than females..
which complements Russia’s opposite problem...
sickly males.. many healthy females.
interesting no?
-—it has been asserted that Russian women in the border areas seek out Chinese husbands because they aen’t all drunks, too——
And it’s odd that China’s economy is held up as some kind of model for success.
While the economic policies of the United States are far from perfect, they are better than what’s happening in China.
China won’t dare attack Russia, but the Russians may end up selling them territory, if their population continues to dwindle.
Population problems
Russian fertility rate: 1.17
Replacement fertility rate: 2.5
Percentage of Russian couples who are infertile: 15
Percentage of Russian women who have serious medical problems during pregnancy: 75
Russian male life expectancy, in years: 59
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/988723.stm
So what is China????? Businessmen see it as a future market, economists see it at a bubble, and the US military see it as the future enemy that will surpass us and kill us. It can’t be all three.