Opinion of Taiwan

[TDAS04]

From everything I've read and heard, massive freedom place.  If I were to go to Asia, Taiwan would certainly be among my top choices.

[politicus]

FP

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Better than the mainland.

[Ban my account ffs!]

Taiwan is facing a demographic crisis worse than anywhere else on earth with a fertility rate of 1 child per woman.  Each successive generation is half as large as their parents' generation.

Such lack of children will mean that Taiwan will have the reversed demographics of places like Nigeria or Uganda.... where there will be multiple dependents for each worker... and most of those dependents will be old people, who require more extensive care than babies/children.

The Taiwanese economy will stagnate and then go into a state of freefall like the European nations and Japan have as drops in domestic demand are larger than increases in productivity and exports... due to a shrinking workforce and inadequate technological improvements to make up for it.

Even if Taiwan had a baby boom starting tomorrow.. the country would lose 1/4 of it's population in the next 25 years and we could see Taiwan's population halve in the next 90 years (many thought this to be unlikely as other nations saw improvements in fertility in the 2000s, like Spain.. but those rates have plummeted again as the immigrant flow has slowed).

Births in Taiwan boomed during and after WWII and stayed steady with another boomlet in the 1970s.  This was followed by a sharp decline through the 80s with another decline in recent years.  The population rose quickly and is now pretty much at its peak and will start to decline more and more rapidly with each passing year.

[Nhoj]

Taiwan unlike japan at least accepts some immigration. Anyways FC I suppose its not a place id want to live, but its got some nice parts.

[TDAS04]

No place is perfect, and Taiwan may have a low birth rate.  However, there is one potential demographic advantage for Taiwan, compared to Japan and South Korea.  Japan and South Korea want to remain ethnically homogenous, but there are not that many overseas Japanese or Koreans to move back to the land of their ancestors.  Chinese, on the other hand...well, Taiwan already has people with origins from all over China, and there are many Chinese throughout the globe who could potentially move to the island.  Taiwan sounds like a place that a lot of people would want to move to.  Besides, a low birth rate is not necessarily a bad thing in a crowded place.

Anyway, here a few reasons why I'd like to visit Taiwan. I combines the urban with the natural.  Taipei is a huge, dynamic city, with little crime.  There are reported to be an unusually hight concentration of restaurants there.  In spite of the crowded cities, the Pacific Coast of Taiwan has lush, green mountains falling sharply to the ocean.  The island also sounds like much more humane place than the mainland.  It is a wealthy democracy with virtually no poverty.  Also, it is one of the most tolerant countries in Asia; it may become the first Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage.

I don't exactly want to live in Taiwan, but I'd sure love to visit there.

[Beet]

Taiwan is facing a demographic crisis worse than anywhere else on earth with a fertility rate of 1 child per woman.  Each successive generation is half as large as their parents' generation.

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Births in Taiwan boomed during and after WWII and stayed steady with another boomlet in the 1970s.  This was followed by a sharp decline through the 80s with another decline in recent years.  The population rose quickly and is now pretty much at its peak and will start to decline more and more rapidly with each passing year.

While that's certainly a major concern for Taiwan's police makers, the context here is that Taiwan is an island the size of Maryland (most of which is mountainous and not densely inhabited) with a population nearly that of Texas. It's not going to become underpopulated soon.

[politicus]

Taiwan is facing a demographic crisis worse than anywhere else on earth with a fertility rate of 1 child per woman.  Each successive generation is half as large as their parents' generation.

...

Births in Taiwan boomed during and after WWII and stayed steady with another boomlet in the 1970s.  This was followed by a sharp decline through the 80s with another decline in recent years.  The population rose quickly and is now pretty much at its peak and will start to decline more and more rapidly with each passing year.

While that's certainly a major concern for Taiwan's police makers, the context here is that Taiwan is an island the size of Maryland (most of which is mountainous and not densely inhabited) with a population nearly that of Texas. It's not going to become underpopulated soon.

A shrinking population is a challenge, but not necessarily a disaster. Its an advantage for the environment and economically its a matter of how you manage seniors in the workforce. Creating a senior friendly work environment that allows healthy elderly to contribute to society is a challenge most Western countries will sooner or later be facing.

In the end we all have to learn how to manage a shrinking population. The worlds population cant keep growing forever, since our resources are not unlimited.

Anyway, Taiwan is a great place, especially the highlands.

[Supersonic]

Don't you mean the Republic of China? #Troll

[opebo]

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