GG102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Pesticide, Geopolitics, Forced Migration
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China as it became a larger player, Required more oil forced global oil prices to go up. Forced fertilizer and pesticide prices to go up. Half of population is <25 in the middle east. China will have a greater influence on the world china"s influence. For most of human history, china was the biggest global superpower. 1820 india and china, account for 50% global gdp. China will try to return to that stature. Official military budget grows by 10% per year. South china sea qualifying people to beat other countries. Grown to proportions to that will never be able to pay back. One child policy enforced between 1979 oct 2015. Increasing it"s exercise of power in the south china sea. Conflict between large political and economic powers: globalization. The race to the bottom, countries are trying to attract businesses and. Currently there are 30-40m men unable to find a bride. End up taking a great number of old ass people.
