The China Threat? Part II

Following up on yesterday’s blog regarding US immigration policy and the so called China Threat, I found this article in the NYT very apropos. Click here.For 4.1 million college graduates in China this year there are approximately 1.5 million jobs. Most Chinese college graduates are from technical or vocational colleges with only a small percentage coming from the social sciences.This seems to me to be a tailor maid opportunity for the US. With the US economy needing an increasing number of technical workers and Chinese wage expectations below US minimum wage couldn’t the US allow a greater number of these students into the US for work experience? This is a great opportunity for the US to fulfill its own needs and strike a great public relations coup too—when was the last time that the US was seen as a benevolent benefactor?Another uniquely disturbing situation is the well published gender in balance in China rising generations. As Chinese are limited to one child, or stiff penalties for subsequent births, the number of males in China greatly outnumber females. Now, I’d be the first to admit that college grads would be more “marriageable” than their lesser educated counterparts. I don’t know what % of these men are or will soon be college graduates, but it has to be at least a small percentage, right? If we combined the numbers of under and unemployed Chinese graduates with the estimated 30 million Chinese bachelors that have not opportunities to marry (due to Chinese desire for male offspring) the US could foster the creation of generations of Chinese American citizens with close personal ties to the US.While this latter appendix may be more amusing pondering than realistic option, the premise is realistic—The US has multiple opportunities to improve its relationship with China. Many options could improve both economies and the personal ties that bind the two nations.