When we 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 contemporary countries whose National Government implemented an antinatalist policy. The so-called ‘’One-Child policy’’ is brutally simple: have one child or face the consequences.
The policy’s background is deeply enrooted in the Chinese history and their family values. Before 1949, when the Communist party came to power after a …show more content…
After a few years, the policy’s problems became evidence that were ignored. Facing increasing pressure, officials began resorting to new strategies to meet strict birth quotas. Arrest statement was released, mandating cadres to carry out any policy advantageous to the one child policy. Many of these policies were efficient, but devastatingly brutal. One of the most prude and widely employed tactics used by officials were forced abortions were tragically employed on a massive scale to decrease population growth. No one was free from the clutches of abortion. Under the euphemism of technical measures, doctors really hesitated to abort. It was widely known that a woman facing imminent labor could still be forced into a last minute abortion. There was little hope for those who attempted to resist. In 1982 the policy’s coercion picked ad officials frantic to meet the party quotas and policy requirements resorted to brute