China | China’s Aging Population Will Cause Serious Problems
Nicholas Eberstadt is a visiting fellow of the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies. In the following viewpoint, he predicts that as China’s population ages, the nation will face increasingly serious population-related problems. The first will be that by 2025, the number of elderly in China will be far greater than the number of working adults. The second is that the size of China’s work force will shrink, as today’s workers age, with proportionately fewer workers to replace them. Finally, because of the practices of sex-selective abortion and female infanticide in...
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- Introduction
- Chapter 1: What Are the Most Serious Problems Facing China?
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Chapter 2: What Is the State of Democracy and Human Rights in China?
- Chapter 2 Preface
- China Is Becoming More Democratic
- China Is Not Becoming More Democratic
- Human Rights Abuses in China Are Widespread
- The United States Overemphasizes Human Rights Abuses in China
- China’s One-Child Policy Violates Human Rights
- China’s One-Child Policy Does Not Violate Human Rights
- Economic Sanctions Should Be Imposed on China
- Economic Sanctions Should Not Be Imposed on China
- Chapter 2 Periodical Bibliography
- Chapter 3: Does China Pose a Threat to the United States?
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Chapter 4: What Principles Should Guide U.S. Foreign Policy Toward China?
- Chapter 4 Preface
- The United States Should Defend Taiwan Against China
- The United States Should Not Defend Taiwan Against China
- The United States Should End Free Trade with China
- The United States Should Not End Free Trade with China
- The United States Should Pressure China to Adopt Democratic Reforms
- The United States Should Not Try to Control China
- Chapter 4 Periodical Bibliography
- Chronology
- For Further Discussion
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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