My power of FutureSense has tingled once more, this time in the realm of geopolitics. By the year 2045, China’s population will be roughly 70% racially Han Chinese, down from the current 91%. Hem-and-haw all you want, but the fact remains; my track record speaks for itself.
“But Dan” one might ask “Why would the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) make this radical departure from decades of political and cultural precedent?” Short answer; they won’t have a choice. Thanks to their 75 IQ Communist leadership planning of yesteryear, China is now on a crash course towards population collapse, Worse yet, not even doubling the birth rate overnight can fix the problem.
We already see that the Chinese have had issues with staffing the factories and other companies that they have. And Allah knows that there’s only so many Uyghurs to go around. The Chinese economy has already created a burgeoning middle class. Since standards of living will continue to improve for the ethnically Han Chinese citizen, there will be little incentive to work in a literal sweatshop. And if you think I’m crazy (or racist), just keep in mind that this is already happening.
For reasons of both political power and propaganda posturing, the CCP will not accept a decline in their worldwide economic rankings. Thus, they’ll have no choice but to open up their borders to the developing world and start accepting masses of immigration.
By 2045, China’s population will have significant diasporas living within their borders. Better yet, much of these communities will be Chinese citizens through birth. FutureSense predicts that much of this population boom will be accredited to a large deposit of African, Central American, North Korean, Palestinian, and Southeast Asian migrants into their nation.
“But Dan, why these regions in particular?” one might ask. Simple; The CCP already has a budding relationship in many of these regions. Through their Belt and Road Initiative, the CCP has been funding infrastructure projects across the developing world. Hence, these populations could be swayed more easily to emigrate to China. It’s much easier to pitch someone you already have a functioning relationship with than a cold prospect; ask any good salesman.
Moreover, the Chinese will have some help in this endeavor from an unlikely source; the United States. That’s right; Drunk Uncle Sam is going to deport large swaths of immigrants from low-wage nations as the GOP seeks to close our borders. Undeterred by their rejection from the Land of the Free and Home of the Whopper, these immigrants will flee their original nation once more. FutureSense further predicts that global wealth inequality will only get worse between now and 2045, hence making the incentive even stronger to emigrate. When the Bald Eagle says No, the Dragon will (begrudgingly) say Yes.
“But Dan” one protestor will shout “China already has a robust network of allies that it has bought cultivated over the last twenty years. They don’t need to do this because they’ve friend-shored!” It appears that our wayward friend has not paid attention to the teachings of the Japanese philosopher Hideo Kojima. In his masterpiece Metal Gear Solid 3, he posits that the allies of today can easily (and likely will) become the enemies of tomorrow. It then stands to reason that friend-shoring their supply lines and labor force is a band-aid fix. On-shoring will be the CCP’s endgame for the next century.
China will also aid this effort by running thinly-veiled psy-ops under the guise of international aid. China will do this by offering safe evacuation and passage to refugees of sympathetic nations threatened by Western-backed usurpers. Not only will this become a shot-in-the-arm for China’s low-skilled workforce, but it’ll buy the CCP some goodwill to gullible idiots on the world stage.
Of course, the CCP will have to clean house internally in order to prepare for this border rush. Among these will be the apparent easing (key word: apparent) of some of their unsavory social practices. China will be less overt regarding the use of force at political demonstrations, and they’ll performatively dismantle (another key word!) the Social Credit Score system. After all, few will want to come to an obvious tech dystopia (aren’t key words fun?), even if there is a better wage than back home. And if you don’t believe me, just ask the Saudi’s.
But make no mistake, FutureSense predicts that China will still be an objectively repressive place to live regarding civil rights. Much like Middle Eastern sportswashing, the CCP will do just enough to improve it’s PR image and literally nothing more. Chinese surveillance operations will not stop, but simply become more discreet.
Furthermore, these immigrants will absolutely be treated as second class citizens as they enter what will basically be a caste system. These immigrants will be brought in solely to perform the manufacturing, hygiene, and infrastructure jobs that the native ethnically Han Chinese will no longer want to do. The CCP will weaponize proficiency in the Mandarin language to gatekeep many educational opportunities and high-paying careers; much to the cheers of right-wing populists. Chinese bigots will label this phenomenon as The Great Supplementation Theory or The Browning of China.
Once inside the Chinese borders, the CCP will do damn near anything possible to stop the migrants from changing their minds and returning home. Expect to see passport confiscation (the Gulf states already do this), heavy taxes or outright bans on remittance payments, and possible signal bans on international communications. Admittedly, that last one might be hard to enforce once it’s inevitably enacted, but I think the point has been made.
FutureSense is as much a crushing burden as it is a mighty sword…
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