What is the biggest problem facing China according to you people?

[Bussard Ramjet]

What...?No.China isnt western country
Race,culture（mostly Han culture）,clan.

I has become a Han country right now. Or else if you look at it historically, China was a culture based country, very assimilating. Almost every person in East Asia could become Chinese by adopting customs. This is the reason why China became big.

There are numerous examples, of total strangers becoming Chinese.

 

[CHN Bamboo]

I has become a Han country right now. Or else if you look at it historically, China was a culture based country, very assimilating. Almost every person in East Asia could become Chinese by adopting customs. This is the reason why China became big.

There are numerous examples, of total strangers becoming Chinese.

Hehe,yes..
Almost only East Asian can become.Chinese,but it is hard to assimilate them now,their national consciousness is much stronger than minority in China.
And Japan,S.Korea have already made minority disappeared,China still has a long way to go.

 

[Bussard Ramjet]

That's what I am curious about when you mentioned "crisis", so what is it?



So you mean Singapore, Japan, are experiencing "crisis"? Well in fact what they are experiencing is very nice to have, say high net wealth per capita. Let me give you an example, an old Japanese engineer owning a factory in Thailand, the activities (GDP) are not in sovereign order of his country, neither are the profits (trade surpluses). But this old Japanese guy got a good business (Positive NIIP + earnings from FDI), Thai workers got their jobs (labor, job opportunities). If he doesn't have a kid, maybe his lucky nephew inherits his wealth.

Many people like me are looking to retire at about mid 40's, some will just play (like playing PDF here), some will do investment, either way we don't depend on the next generation to feed us, let alone we might even have to provide like houses and other extra betterments for them.

The problem with having a high net wealth is that it doesn't last.

A nation's power depends on its economic size largely. Japan's investment in China doesn't give it any power over China.

Also, investment outside one's own domestic market is always risky.

Also, as for your example: Yes, the Japanese guy has got the factory right now in Thailand, and the thai workers have got jobs. But then some years later, the thai workers go open their own factory. And the kids of these thai workers, go on to either totally replace the Japanese guys business, or buy it out.

If you are worrying only about an individual, perhaps the Japanese owner of the factory can be content for his generation, but the coming one will face major problems.

What I want to say is the following:

1. The power is mainly possessed by the people who have the markets.
2. Domestic markets will always favor domestic firms irrespective of the number of FTA or anything that you have.
3. One's business is replacable.
4. It is very hard to rise beyond a certain stage of growth and production.
5. Your relative wealth is what matters.
6. An aged population isn't good at evolution, and innovation, which fundamentally leads to stagnation and demise. Just look at Sony, Toshiba and all the Japanese companies. They are literally dying.

Not wealth of majority? Check again, for cases like Japan, Singapore, indicators like Gini, density of millionaires (NOT billionaires), size of middle-class (high bars), etc.

GDP? Check again the definition of this statistics. Firstly the "D" means activities happening inside any confined land, not activities by people of this land. Secondly, it's a reflection of activities, not reserves/wealth. Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, are all major international investors with huge NIIP, Japan even tops the world for last 23 years, where does this wealth come from?

You are serious about PDF'ers here on China's real view on Japan? Just bashing and trolling, politically correct on "either hate Japan or a traitor", be amused. On a serious comparison, check how CASS sees nation compares.

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) has been compiling a putative measure - Comprehensive National Power (CNP) - which refers to the combined overall conditions and strengths of a country in numerous areas. The CNP serves as one reference tool in China's strategic planning. For details please check: China Debates the Future Security Environment

CASS just published the "Global Political & Security Report (2015)", in which CNP data were included. From this assessment which is a unique Chinese perspective, US leads by far in national strength, followed by the league of Japan, China, Russia & Germany, which are about in the same bracket

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An individual's wealth is not the wealth of a nation. Rather, the rich are generally so atteuned to their interests, that they can hop over places easily.

GDP is the measure of domestic activity, and hence the size of controllable market of a country.