China's urban population exceeds rural for first time ever

Daily Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | 01/17/2012 | Peter Simpson

[GAB-1955]

China's urban population now exceeds the number of rural dwellers for first time in its history, the country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Tuesday.

[GAB-1955]

How're you gonna keep them down on the farm after they've seen Guandong?

[allen08gop]

They are just following thousands of years of historical migration trends. People choose to live in cities to trade and have more options to make a better life for themselves.

Of course, the ChiCom government is going to pay the piper at some point. Thankfully, they probably can’t stop it in the long run.

[peyton randolph]

And with the one-child policy and gender-selection abortions, China’s urban areas will be as gay as San Francisco soon too.

[Don Corleone]

Of course, the ChiCom government is going to pay the piper at some point.

With fewer producers on the farms and more consumers in the cities China is going to have a serious food problem. Also, with an overly dominant male population there will need to be something to keep them busy without female action so WAR may be their solution to both problems. Cuidado world, especially Taiwan and the area around the South China sea.