HIST HP 264-002 | Consequences of China’s One-Child Policy | | | In the mid 1950’s‚ China’s population grew rapidly under Mao Zedong. He felt that the only way for China to get back on its feet was to become industrialized and that China would need manpower for this industrialization. “Even if China ’s population multiplies many times‚ she is fully capable of finding a solution; the solution is production‚" Mao Zedong proclaimed in 1949. "Of all things in the world‚ people are the
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China’s one child policy was established by Deng Xiaoping in 1979 to slow the rise of communist China’s exponential population growth. China is the world’s most populous country and its population will only continue to rise unless something is done about it. Some find it harsh and inhumane to limit the number of offspring‚ but China is doing this for its people. An unchecked population growth puts and enormous strain on resources and hampers economic development. China’s one child policy was necessary
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After c. 1949 when China built The People’s Republic of China‚ Chinese government 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
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The Country of China accumulates over 1/5 the population of the world with a massive total of over 1.3 billion people. Having an immense population not only creates problems within the country‚ but also triggers some of the largest issues our world has faced today. Although China has released a One-Child policy to slightly limit the population rate‚ problems are continuing to grow at a constant rate. The most powerful institution in the nation of China is the Communist Party of China‚ otherwise known
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Although china’s one child policy may have successfully decreased its growth rate‚ it resulted in a large aging population‚ "black population" and gender imbalance. "China’s Abuse-a-Child Day; Kidnapping‚ Slaughter and Abandonment Is Communist Policy‚" The Washington Times (Washington‚ DC) 31 May 2011: B04‚ Questia‚ Web‚ 22 Apr. 2012. The article talks about how every year on June 1‚ China celebrates its beautiful children and how millions of children are abandoned every year. The article
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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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China’s one child family policy was introduced in 1979 by Deng Xaioping.T he basic aim was to reduce the amount of people residing in China by the year 2000.The government did this by putting up propergandas brain-washing people making them think that they aren’t the only ones with one child. This is the truth however these citizens deserve their freedom and not all agree. The government is also write in its own way as if this carried on in the future there would be a lack of resources such as fuel
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pay to bring me into the world‚ a world that already discriminated against me on the sole knowledge of my sex. As a female first born in China‚ I experience discrimination everywhere. The establishment of the One Child Policy was an example of favoritism of the male gender and the upper class‚ who get away with having a first-born daughter‚ or even a second child. Even among family members‚ my own grandma never failed to remind me of her thoughts on me being her first grandchild. With my cousin‚ Anthony
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As China realised the need for modernisation‚ the one child policy was implemented in June 1979 to achieve three main goals: 1. To address the low per capita GNP by increasing the per capita income to $800. 2. To increase or improve the standard of living. 3. To keep China ’s total population size from exceeding 1.2 billion by the year 2000. China recognised the easiest way to achieve these goals was by restricting the population growth. That way‚ there would be a more likely increase in per
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A policy in China that is infamously and famously known is The One Child Policy. The One Child Policy is a law in China that there can only be one child per family. The One Child Policy made a big impact on the lives of people in China and many people believed that it is very practical. I personally think that the One Child Policy is not practical and that it is a very bad thing. Although there are some pros to it‚ I think it is a bad law in China. The One Child Policy destroys the balance between
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