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China's aging population fuels 'silver economy' boom, but profits can prove elusive

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By KANIS LEUNG

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It's a doom MUCH like Japan in 1990s, crashing real estate values causes people to save more money, not get married and not have kids. GDP is thus slowing even with huge Govt. support and debt buildup.

Furthermore, given China military buildup, Covid and Russia support, foreign supply chain production is pulling out, so FDI is shrinking fast. Plus, few countries in west trust Chinese tech. or ANYTHING that touches national security, further damaging their exports.

All of the above puts Taiwan FIRMLY in Xi's crosshairs.

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Good news, older aging countries rarely start wars. However, China might be an exception given their size. Expected to shrink by about 50% by 2100 while rapidly aging.

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Nothing against Chinese people, however with the population decline weakens the governments ability to arm the military. Even the Chinese government is a bunch of senior citizens running it.

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