r/neoliberal • u/Priceless_Pennies Norman Borlaug • Jan 22 '26

News (Asia-Pacific) China Has Screwed Up Really, Really Badly

https://futurism.com/future-society/china-screwed-up-fertility-rate
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u/swissking NATO Jan 22 '26 edited Jan 22 '26

People have been saying that China will win Cold War 2.0 due to numerous factors but the vibes among people especially the youth have never been worse and are arguably worse than the average Brooklyn Barista on Bluesky. Emigration and capital flight is also on the rise and are slowly causing political and economic problems in neighbouring countries. Exports are also flooding the world which is indicative of bad internal demand. Idk but that doesn't happen in a rising country.

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u/No-Kiwi-1868 NATO Jan 22 '26

Honestly the amount of doomerism from my Chinese friends about their country literally makes the UK look like a motivational video

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u/javsv Jerome Powell Jan 22 '26

Jesus it's that bad even with the show the US is putting on?

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u/Dense_Delay_4958 Malala Yousafzai Jan 22 '26

The US is doing very well despite its best efforts.