{"id":2940,"date":"2024-09-16T21:24:32","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T21:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=2940"},"modified":"2024-09-16T21:24:32","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T21:24:32","slug":"chinas-dwindling-demographics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=2940","title":{"rendered":"China&#8217;s dwindling demographics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/national-geo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/national-geo-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/national-geo-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/national-geo-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/national-geo-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/national-geo.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>4\/23 edition<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I just read an article on China in this edition of National Geographic.  That country is in the throes of a &#8220;&#8230;sharp population drop.&#8221;  The simplest remedy, according to the author, in the short term at least, is to increase immigration.  China currently has one of the lowest immigration rates in the world.  However, the country, apparently, wants to keep it that way.  Conversely, the article noted that Beijing is pursuing three options: raising the retirement age; raising the birthrate; and raising productivity.  The retirement age for women in China is currently 55, and 60 for men.  To counteract a dwindling workforce, again according to the article, Beijing is relying on increased education and high technology, including robots eventually stepping in for 240 million workers to counter declining population.  What&#8217;s more, local governments in China are now pushing for a three-child-policy, and providing incentives for this in the form of tax cuts, housing subsidies, expanded childcare services&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4\/23 edition I just read an article on China in this edition of National Geographic. That country is in the throes of a &#8220;&#8230;sharp population drop.&#8221; The simplest remedy, according to the author, in the short term at least, is <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/?p=2940\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2940"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2942,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2940\/revisions\/2942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}