Gunners Shot

Published in the  Eurasian Times  @  https://www.eurasiantimes.com/ncb-aging-population-low-child-births-inevitable-communist/ It is now a well-established fact that China’s declining demography is a cause for concern. I was therefore reading up on the subject when I came across the graph below which  indicates China’s population aged over 65. It caught my attention since it resembled a typical run rate graph in limited overs cricket where the scoring rates in the slog overs become steep. The thought which came to my mind is that China seems to have entered the slog overs in its demographic decline. The normal thinking is that China with its ‘great leaps’ in technology, military and economy under the able leadership of Xi Jinping and his hyper enthusiastic band of communist apparatchiks will tackle the problem with their customary efficiency and zeal to march onward to a Tianxia. However they will not. Simply because they cannot.  In fact they might be heading into something which they

This is an overview of the rescue operations of trapped workers in the Silkyara tunnel near Uttarkashi. The workers have been trapped for 9 days as of today. 

The picture of the Chinese economy is full of gloom. While it might not be a doom it is definitely clear that the boom is over. That’s what the dataset of October tells us. That is what I have presented in this episode.

In this joint episode with P Gurus, I have outlined the Rise of India and why it is unstoppable. What is to be done going ahead and the problems it is going to face in its rise have also been highlighted.