exponential increase in population‚ the Chinese government has installed a “one-child policy”. The one-child policy solved the overpopulation issue in China‚ but it also introduced a variety of other problems to the country. In the early 1900 ’s‚ China ’s population was about 420 million. In the past century years‚ it had grown to 1.2 billion‚ an increase of almost 800 million people in a 100 years. (Hays) Having this many people in one area means that there is a lot of people to feed‚ clothe‚ and house
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1 Child Policy The one child policy was first introduced in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s by the central government. The population was rapidly approaching one billion‚ so Deng Xiaoping implemented the policy to reduce the growth rate of their population.The goal of the policy was the limit the vast majority of families to having only one child. The government started promoting birth control and family planning as a way of limiting family size. The policy was effective at limiting the population
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Chinas One-Child Policy Lilibeth Dejesus Geography period 7 Mrs. Barajas China’s One-Child Policy In China‚ there are more than 1.3 billion people living‚ working and building families. In 1978‚ the government created China’s one-child policy. China’s one-child policy was established by Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in 1979 to limit China’s population growth. The policy lets couples have only one child. If they have another child the mother is pressured to abort the pregnancy. The one-child
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rates and control the fast growing population. The solution the Chinese government came up with was the one child policy. They set up a number penalties and benefits in order to encourage the Chinese people to cooperate with this policy. The predicted outcome was to reduce the birth rates and reduce their population‚ which was ultimately affecting the Chinese economy. However‚ the one child policy created an unexpected crisis of its own‚ the creation of unequal demographics of gender and the start
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China’s One Child Policy For better‚ or For Worse When China’s population started to outgrow the country’s capacity to support it in the 1980s‚ the Chinese government introduced a policy of allowing only one child per family. China’s one-child policy is controversial: while many people understand why it was introduced‚ others think it is inhumane. The policy is highly misunderstood‚ especially in the West. In their law to only allow one child per family‚ the leaders intended to stop the upward
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China’s one child policy In eastern Asia‚ boarding the East Asian China Sea a huge country named the Chinese Republic has now over than one billion people. China had a leading civilization for centuries guiding the whole world in different fields. However‚ in the 19th and the 20th century China suffered form serious problems‚ which resulted from huge numbers of population. When China was under the leadership of Mao who believed that a strong nation must have large population‚ the population of China
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Effects of the One-Child Policy China is the most populated country in the world with a total of 1.4 billion people‚ and the population is still growing. (WDI) Overpopulation is a current issue that many countries are dealing with and hope to gain control over. In China the previous leader Mao believed that a strong nation had a large population‚ but China has doubled its population since then. Now the country is being prevented from advancing due to the effects of a large population. The effects
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population. A very famous example of controlling a country’s population is ‘The One Child Policy’ that was enforced in China. You already know lots about this idea‚ the benefits‚ disadvantages‚ reasons for enforcing the policy etc. because we have already studied it in class. Your task is to produce a newspaper article on ‘The One Child Policy’. The headline is ‘World Affairs’ and the sub-heading is ‘China’s One Child Policy’. You will have 2 ½ lessons to complete this task. It will be assessed and
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The China’s “one-child” policy was introduced as a government policy in the country in 1979 .This work aims to briefly provide an overview of the policy and the reasons for its introduction‚ followed by a full paged assignment of the policy and its evolution within the last ten years. This latter assignment focuses on how it has increased‚ whether the policy is still necessary within China and possible alternative as searched by the surrounding literature. Vander put ten indicates that
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One Child Policy in China Thesis: The One Child Policy in China is cruel and unfair to those it applies to. I Intro A. Today‚ China has the largest population in the world. B. The One Child Policy only applies to Han Chinese living in urban areas. C. Created to control population growth‚ using any means necessary. D. Thesis II Body paragraph 1 1. China has reduced the population by 200 million people a. Implemented by government to alleviate pop. growth‚ social‚ economic‚ and
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