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> Chinese workforce becomes smaller

A question on workforce reduction due to decline in birthrate.

In west, we seemed to have solved the problem with immigration. Is it possible China can also adopt the same policies? Essentially bringing in migrant labour class workforce from South East Asian countries with much less per capita income such as Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar etc.

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As a Chinese I would say a lot of people around won't expect this to happen due to a strong sense of nationalism. Most poeple are afraid that these immigrants will create severe security problems as what's happening in the west. And most importantly, people regard it a shame to share with immigrants the already limited job opportunity.

21% unemployment among recent graduates is a reduction in the workforce because there isn’t any jobs. There are plenty of young people to take employment if it were available.

the issue is that they are graduates, and want a white collar, high paid job, rather than a manufacturing job.

Still not attributable to low birth rate.

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