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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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 Population policies are the measures taken by the government to influence the population growth of the country. There are two types of population policies‚ which are pro-natalist and anti-natalist. A pro-natalist policy is a policy where the main objective is to increase birth rates and total fertility rate. However‚ a person cannot be forced to have children. As a result‚ the government tries to offer incentives to such as free education‚ and extended maternity leave
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Essay #4 China China‚ a massive country located in Eastern Asia‚ is the most populated country in the world‚ making 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
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think about China the things that click in our heads are most probably the great blend of history‚ culture‚ and modernity‚ as well as the gleaming sky scrapers‚ thousands of factories and their recent economic boom. Along with that‚ a really memorable thing is that today‚ China ’s population is 1‚343‚239‚923 (according to 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
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more people than can be comfortably supported—like China. China’s population—a staggering 1.3 billion people—accounts for about 20% of the world’s population‚ housed in a relatively small space! Because of that‚ during the 1970’s‚ 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
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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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leadership in 1979 and considered to be one of the most invasive governmental social experiments of our era‚ the one-child policy in China‚ on the surface level‚ appears to have succeeded in its goal of stymieing the growth of the population to a manageable rate. The policy‚ however‚ regardless of whether or not it should be credited with the modern-day decreasing fertility rates in China‚ also brought about unintended social consequences. Despite the fact that this policy was enforced at least in part as
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China’s One Child Policy Why was the Policy Introduced??? The one Child Policy was introduced in the year of 1979 in order to stabilize china’s rapidly growing population. At that time China’s population had reached around 970 million people‚ making them the most populated country at that time. The one child policy states that the ethnic majority‚ could only have one child. In 1980‚ china relaxed the policy allowing families to have two children if one parent was the only child in his or her family
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of the One Child Policy Elana Kopelman As a country’s population grows‚ the demand for resources such as food‚ water‚ and housing increases. However‚ every country has limited resources to provide for its population. When China was faced with a booming population‚ the Communist Party knew that they had to preserve the country’s resources. As a solution‚ the One Child Policy was implemented in 1979 to stabilize China’s population. Despite this attempt for stability‚ the One Child Policy negatively
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