“China does need people...”
Huh?
Population:
1,336,718,015 (July 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 1
Age structure:
0-14 years: 17.6% (male 126,634,384/female 108,463,142)
15-64 years: 73.6% (male 505,326,577/female 477,953,883)
65 years and over: 8.9% (male 56,823,028/female 61,517,001) (2011 est.)
Median age:
total: 35.5 years
male: 34.9 years
female: 36.2 years (2011 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.493% (2011 est.)
country comparison to the world: 151
China:
0-14 years: 17.6% (male 126,634,384/female 108,463,142)
US:
0-14 years: 20.1% (male 32,107,900/female 30,781,823
male: 35.6 years
female: 38.2 years
China’s just a half a year behind the US in average male age. They may already be older.
China needs people. Did you look at the TFR and the birthrate? 1.54 children per women.
All of North Korea is 24 million people. Even if China took all of them, they wouldn’t be able to even touch their manpower issues. We’re looking at a shortfall of roughly 300 million people.