What Are The Positive And Negative Effects Of China's One Child Policy

The Chinese government One Child Policy had its positive and negative effects in the country’s political, social, and economical scene. China has been the most populated country for over half a century now; its demographics have changed through the years to adopt new ways to provide work, homes, needs, and food. Most importantly an environment that makes it possible for its citizens to live in prosperity with an opportunity to embrace themselves as the most educated work force that the world has seen. Its rich history is remarked with revolutions, wars, epidemics, and distinct social regimes that have sculpt its present success as a continuous developing nation. When the Communist Party proclaimed the founding of the People’s Republic of China
The exception of the policy was if both parents were only children, or if the parents lived in a rural area, or belonged to a small ethnic minority. In this manner, the government “Incentives or rewards for families who adhere to the one-child policy include better employment opportunities, higher wages and government assistance. Those who don’t are subject to fines, and access to government assistance and employment opportunities can become difficult”(investopedia). In The Abandoned Child, a baby girl child was abandoned by its parents and rescued by the narrator. The author states, “Every baby is unique. It cannot be replaced. Will the bloodstained hands never be washed clean? Will the soul wracked with guilt never be free?” (mo
The most important positive result of the policy and main goal is to ease the over population problems. The food, government, educational, and housing resources are limited. If this policy would not be implemented more than 30 years ago, an estimation of 400 million births would not be avoided. The problem of living space and available jobs were also going to be scarcer. The policy has helped to slowly decline the poverty rates, therefore creating better living conditions for its people. Surprisingly, the policy is widely accepted by the Chinese people. It is understandable that it carries many positive effects in the living conditions and prosperity of its citizens, but it is not accepted that such effects create gender inequality, abortion, and all the negative effects mentioned above. I am sure that other regulations can be done to face the developing challenges that China has as a