Odd Lots · Thursday, July 2, 2026
Dan Wong notes a significant decrease in the number of foreigners visible on the streets of Shanghai. He cites a statistic suggesting China has slightly fewer immigrants than Ireland, a country with a population of six million, indicating a stunning collapse in immigration to China.
“And so you know, this has been like a really start shift in the composition of the foreign people there.”
“And then there's also just been a stunning collapse in immigration to China.”
“And so this Irish guy, Sam en Wright, came up with this figure to establish that China and Ireland. China has slightly fewer immigrants than Ireland does.”