[hedora]

Among other things, they’re facing imminent ecological collapse due to overpopulation.

Only half the population has access to safe drinking water, and only 10% has access to household sewage treatment. 43% of the waterways are unfit for human contact, and 90% of the cities have poisoned their own water tables. The following article has pages of statistics like this.

http://factsanddetails.com/china/cat10/sub66/item391.html

The air pollution is at least as bad.

China is a large enough percentage of the earth’s surface area to make these global problems.

[TylerLives]

Do you think large populations are inherently bad for the environment, or is this problem specific to China and their laws? Also, do you think there are any benefits to having a larger population(with regards to technological progress and the future of humanity) and how should that be taken into account?