The Issue With the development of the advanced society‚ increasingly numbers of nations are facing the ageing problem. The aging population‚ the fraction of the population aged 65 and over exceeds 8-10%‚ has been universally recognized as one of the worldwide social issues in 21 century. We are ageing—not just as individuals or communities but as a world. In 2006‚ almost 500 million people worldwide were 65 and older. By 2030‚ that total is projected to increase to 1 billion—1 in every 8
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Attempt to Control Human Population Growth? Human population grows‚ and it has been calculated that by the year 2050 there will be over 9 billion people in the world. As a result of that the amount of land per person will have dropped to less than one square inch. It is clear that population growth must stop in some close future due to various factors (Issitt‚ 1). Shortage in food and water‚ limited energy‚ pollution‚ death of plants and animals‚ and many more other shortages can be count as those
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20% of the world’s population so one in every five people on the planet is a resident of China. * China’s population growth has been somewhat slowed by the one child policy‚ in effect since 1979. * China’s one child policy was established by Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in 1979 to limit communist China’s population growth. Although designated a "temporary measure‚" it continues a quarter-century after its establishment. The policy limits couples to one child. Fines‚ pressures to abort a pregnancy
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the morale of its people (Whyte 161). China ’s population has grown to such an enormous size that it has become a problem to both the people and government. China‚ the most populous country in the world‚ has an estimated population of about one thousand-one hundred-thirty three point six million (Hsu 1). Ninety-four percent of the population thrives in the eastern half of China‚ which composes about forty-three percent of China ’s total area (Hsu 1). The eastern half of China contains its most
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China’s Lost Girls China is largest population in the world because of that Chinese government decided a policy which is one-child policy. A family has only one child‚ but some case a family can have second child if they pay to government. One of big issue in China is balance of gender which means man’s population is much larger than female’s. Chinese people want to have a boy because a man carries the family name in Chinese culture; therefore‚ thousands of Chinese girls are aborted‚ hidden
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Starvation in Africa No Clean Water! Results from a recent study of current living conditions throughout Africa report that more than one billion people do not have enough clean water to provide for their basic human needs. As a result‚ more than 2‚500 children are dying each day. "When people are desperately thirsty‚" one official explained‚ "they are willing to take the risk of disease by consuming water that may not be healthy. For them - it’s either risk infection or die from thirst! It
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this time were oblivious of the civilizations to the West. Because of the mindset of these people in the Center of The Universe‚ the introduction of Industrialization shatter these beliefs that they held firm. Industrialization in China was delayed. One can argue that unlike the Europeans whom focused on individualism or rather self‚ the Chinese contrasted in this because their beliefs were centered mainly on family and community. Family on a whole took precedence for the larger numbers of Chinese
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Problems associated with overpopulation 2. Population policy o China ’s population control policy o Other population control methods 3. Problems associated with population policies 4. Social and political consequences 5. Social and economic benefits 6. Future outcomes [pic] Problems associated with overpopulation. China has the highest population in the world‚ encompassing 1.2 billion or twenty one percent of the world ’s population (P.R.B. 7). China
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provide physical labour‚ and are likely to earn more money and be able to take better care of the parents when they are elderly. As governments in these nations have attempted to exercise more stringent population restrictions and family planning policies; there has been a rise in discrimination towards female infants‚ further emphasising the notion of new born girls being ‘unwanted’. In China‚ specifically‚ studies have shown an increasing imbalance in the number of boys born per 100 girls; confirming
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billion people in China‚ India‚ Pakistan and Southeast Asia. This area of the world now contains one-half of the population of the earth. The book of Revelation indicates that a two hundred million man cavalry will one day come out of the East. This physically was not possible until this generation. China the sleeping giant is awake today and due to its one child policy it has a lot of surplus men. The policy of China is to become economically and militarily strong enough to force the United States to
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