if that threat is real what can beijing do about it well yes earlier a study by the chinese academy of social sciences showed that the country's population will start to contract by 2027 and that is the year when many predict the chinese economy could overtake the united states in size so this is a matter for that goes like chinese economy is like an airplane still in the air or suddenly there's not enough labor force just like an airplane suddenly running out of feel which will be a disaster for the chinese economy and even the world economy so china will have to make overall plans and takes the measures to address that but it be interesting to see what kind of measures that can be done so in taipei thank you so much. that's 3 days after a ransomware attack against a crucial oil pipeline in the united states its owner is struggling to bring its delivery system back with the help from the f.b.i. and the biden of ministration in the white house meanwhile gas shortages are becoming a real threat to the economy on the united states east coast drivers in florida lining up for gas worried they can't fill u