China’s Hidden Potential

And ours, by extension

Jackie Olsen
ILLUMINATION
Published in
4 min readJan 26

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Reflection of landscape in clear glass ball in hand
Photo by Jake Weirick on Unsplash

I read an article recently in the NYT about China and its aging population, low birth rate, and slowing economic growth. The article’s point of view is that these are bad signs for China. And I agree, it’s too bad the average person is poorer and their future potentially worse than their western counterpart.

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Jackie Olsen
ILLUMINATION

Come for the insights on aging, leave with a doggie bag full of frogs and exoplanets. Now more poems about vacuuming! she/her/hers