Morning Ed: Asia {2016.01.26.T}
Asia:
Sarah Conly explains how China’s recently terminated One Child Policy was a good thing. Leaving aside the central question, I’m not sure how you can separate the enforcement mechanisms (which Conly opposes) with the policy itself. On the other hand, the policy became moot.
A Taiwanese model posed for a picture of a cosmetic clinic. It ruined her life and she sued.
As Japan avoids a recession, Scott Sumner is declaring Abenomics a success against his expectations.
The Guardian looks at how many of which rhinos we have left. A biotech firm seeks to flood the Chinese market with 3D-printed rhinocerus horns to undercut the poaching trade.
There’s a train line in Japan that continues to run to deliver one high school student to and from school.
I hadn’t heard of the Vyapam Scam in India before. Wow.
The train *line* delivers many students to and from school (and some other people doing other things, but it’s still only two passenger cars long) There’s a particular stop whose only regular passenger is that one high school student, and which will close right after that student graduates (& it’s unclear if that was planned or just fortuitous)Report
1. Ms. Conly’s editorial left me unimpressed. Malthusian enthusiasts have never been right and you can not and should not justify massive human rights violations on an erroneous theory. China’s Family Planning Policy has caused a massive gender imbalance in the Chinese population that has led and will lead to some rather serious social problems because they are going to have a rapidly aging population and tens of millions of bachelors who have no chance at even a casual romantic relationship. Reducing millions of people to perpetual singleness seems like a bad idea.
2. Needs more explanation on how the photo shot caused the model hell.
3. Hanley posted the 3-D printed rhino horn argument on Facebook months ago. I’m doubtful if it would have any positive effect. Rhino horns are luxury and status goods. People are going to want the real thing and will pay dearly for it.
4. People are getting way too cynical over a touching even if slightly exaggerated story.Report
It’s worth remembering that, according to Ehrlich, there were going to be either A) more than seventeen billion humans on the planet by now, or B) less than a hundred million after the nuclear wars that were the end result of resource conflicts instigated by population pressure.Report
Re the Vyapam Scam – wow is right. Wow, wow, wow!
Amazing the seemingly (individually) penny-ante corruption that such highly placed people are apparently willing to get involved in.Report