# Like a bull in a China shop: China's future is broken **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 1, 2023, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-a-bull-in-a-china-shop-chinas-future-is-broken/987900 "2023-08-01T03:11:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 90
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-a-bull-in-a-china-shop-chinas-future-is-broken/987900/90 "2024-01-25T00:19:24Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > We have an ongoing thread in Humble Opinion about global population decline, in which China features prominently, if you’re interested in the topic. To save some searching, that’d be this one: > [@World population declining?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-population-declining/943197): > > The New York Times ran an [article](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/22/world/global-population-shrinking.html) (paywall warning) on Sunday last week (“World Is Facing First Long Slide in Its Population”, May 23, 2021) about how the world population is in the middle of a long slide downward with many countries having birthrates of less than 2.1 children per family, which is the rate at which the population remains stable. It says China might be at 730 million people in 2100 (down from 1.41 billion now). Even in India and Mexico (which have had rapid population growth) peo… Started 2-1/2 years ago and still chugging. This year’s portion starts at post #171. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-a-bull-in-a-china-shop-chinas-future-is-broken/987900)._