One-child Policy Should Not be Abolished In the 1970`s‚ Chinese government implemented one-child policy for Chinese families to control the rapidly growing population (Zhang and Goza 2006). This policy‚ although passed into law for almost 40 years‚ has come under much heated debate on whether China should maintain it or abolish it altogether. Along with Chinese population structure changing‚ two social issues‚ population aging and imbalance of sex ratio arise and gradually become manifest. One-child
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China’s One-Child Policy: Was it a good idea? Most people want to have more than one child‚well that doesn’t happen in China.When Mao Zedong took power in 1949 he encouraged the people of China to have more children.Then in 1980 he enforced the one child policy due to a severe overpopulation (BGE).The one child policy was a bad idea for three reasons‚it was unnecessary‚it hurts the elderly and retirees‚ and it has a negative impact on women. One reason that the one child policy was a bad idea is
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up about one sixth of the worlds population. China is home to roughly 1‚348‚585‚838 people (CIA). Because China is so over-populated the government has attempted to control the population by enforcing a one-child policy on families. This policy was established by former Chinese leader‚ Deng Xiaoping‚ to limit China’s rapid population growth. The one child policy is an attack on the Chinese’s human rights. The one-child policy has caused many issues to the citizens of China. The policy began in
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of many different policies and laws. Some of these laws have proven to be beneficial‚ while others have caused significant emotional and economical damage. China ’s One-Child Policy inducted in 1979‚ is one of those damaging policies which has dramatically altered China ’s economic well-being while emotionally scaring most if not all of China ’s families. Planning for a family‚ caring for the elderly and prejudice against females are all associated with the One-Child Policy. When thinking about
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CIA World Factbook)‚ making it the largest of any country in the world. The size of china’s population is both the country ’s greatest weakness and strength. China is one of the few contemporary countries whose National Government implemented an antinatalist policy. The so-called ‘’One-Child policy’’ is brutally simple: have one child or face the consequences. The policy’s background is deeply enrooted in the Chinese history and their family values. Before 1949‚ when the Communist party came to power
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Victor Acosta Argumentative Essay China’s One-Child Policy According to the U.S. Census Bureau the world’s population consists‚ of 6‚908‚497‚829 people. China resides as the world’s leading populated country with 1‚336‚718‚015 people. Because‚ of this over population it maintained fears of their food‚ resources‚ and living spaces. The Chinese government then implemented the one-child policy. The one-child policy has prevailed effectively in slowing down the population growth‚ but it has
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China implemented measures to limit their population—most famously the One-Child Policy. The One-Child policy‚ in simplest terms‚ limited each family to having only one child. However‚ there were many exceptions to this policy. Additionally‚ there were other‚ more sinister methods used to control the population. While China’s population control methods were effective at limiting the population‚ policies like the One-Child Policy caused societal issues‚ led to higher rates of sex-selected abortions
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leader Zedong Mao published a policy called “More people have more power”. Therefore‚ the population of China has increased fast until c. 1978. On the beginning of the year of c.1978‚ Chinese government finally found the serious problems from the huge population. Even though Chinese government stopped that policy‚ China already had 1.2 billion people. The government faced the burden of having a large population‚ so another policy had published which was the “One Child Policy” or “Birth Control”. (China
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Thirty years after the mainland began forbidding some families from having more than one child‚ in order to solve a dizzying population crisis‚ the country’s psychiatrists say the result has been a self-centred generation that‚ having grown up without siblings has never learned to share. Now‚ as the children from one-child families enter child-bearing age themselves‚ mainland authorities have decided to intervene to prevent similar problems occurring. In Beijing and Guangzhou‚ health authorities
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One Child Policy in China What is One Child Policy? It is the birth control policy‚ one of the most important social policies over the world. Simply to say‚ One Child Policy is the population control policy that has applied since 1979 in China. The government sets a limit for the maximum number of children for each family. It officially restricts married urban couples to have only one child while it allows rural couples‚ minorities to have more than one child. It isn’t quite difficult to
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