Land Of People: A China Without A One Child Policy

Preface
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    Let me begin this by saying I have nothing but admiration for the Chinese people. Their massive effort to pull themselves out of poverty and achieve success on the global stage is exemplary. This is merely a look at what would have happened if there were more people in China, something which the Chinese government itself says would happen if they hadn't introduced the one child policy.

    Will China come out of this worse than OTL? Of course. The economic miracle was unlikely to go so fast in the first place and more people doesn't help. But this will not be an absurd U.S. wank. I tried to make this as unbiased as possible, but of course one can't always do that. First graphics including a Chinese Wikipedia page and more will come soon.
     
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    Of Note:
    -China not being as large a spot for manufacturing means the rust belt is not all that rusty. But India and Japan/Korea pick up some of the slack, so decline is still there.
    -The aggressive environmental policies of the Gore Administration mean the Appalachians are even more screwed than OTL. Combined with the general improvement in the rest of the country the region is seen as 'America's Secret Poverty' (similar to the OTL Singapore problem).
    -The fact that Reagan never happened means the government and associated industry are even bigger than OTL (not to mention the Cold War), so the region surrounding the capitol are extremely developed. D.C. proper is basically Monaco on steroids.
    -More renewables mean the Dakotas and Texas aren't doing as well.
    -Silicon Valley is much bigger, again due to China. Also because corporations don't move into Utah.
    -Lots of Black Belt areas are a lot better off, thanks to Jim Clyburn (Speaker of the House for over a decade). Although this is often not visible in income, as the long term benefits haven't fully come to fruition yet.
    -The rest of the country is generally better off thanks to a stronger safety net.
     
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