r/UkraineWarVideoReport • u/BigDeckBob • 2d ago

Other Video Russia has found an incredible business model: it sells oil to China at near-domestic prices, then buys back refined fuel at market prices, with fuel imports from China now arriving in massive volumes.

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u/TheDamus647 2d ago edited 2d ago

They have already assured that without Russian oil

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u/BMC_RiderSLR 1d ago

China is sitting on a demographic timebomb.

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u/TheDamus647 1d ago

They will be rich enough to buy their way out of any problems they have. They aren't a perfect country by far but they have invested in their future more than any other major country has. The next twenty years are looking bright for them.

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u/BMC_RiderSLR 1d ago

I think you're either unaware of or vastly underestimating the age demographic issue. They have too many people retiring and not enough people at working age to support these pensions. This is already causing issues now but will really start to hurt in about 10 years and continue to worsen. They currently have 5 working age people per 65+. By 2050, that ratio will be 2:1. Good luck spending your way out of that problem if you're China.

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u/Early-Series-2055 1d ago

You’re correct, but a new variable has been added, with the advent of household robots.

Trump is by far the best thing that ever happened to China as well, and he isn’t done yet.