of many different policies and laws. Some of these laws have proven to be beneficial‚ while others have caused significant emotional and economical damage. China ’s One-Child Policy inducted in 1979‚ is one of those damaging policies which has dramatically altered China ’s economic well-being while emotionally scaring most if not all of China ’s families. Planning for a family‚ caring for the elderly and prejudice against females are all associated with the One-Child Policy. When thinking about
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Essay #4 China China‚ a massive country located in Eastern Asia‚ is the most populated country in the world‚ making up about one sixth of the worlds population. China is home to roughly 1‚348‚585‚838 people (CIA). Because China is so over-populated the government has attempted to control the population by enforcing a one-child policy on families. This policy was established by former Chinese leader‚ Deng Xiaoping‚ to limit China’s rapid population growth. The one child policy is an attack on
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One Child Policy in China What is One Child Policy? It is the birth control policy‚ one of the most important social policies over the world. Simply to say‚ One Child Policy is the population control policy that has applied since 1979 in China. The government sets a limit for the maximum number of children for each family. It officially restricts married urban couples to have only one child while it allows rural couples‚ minorities to have more than one child. It isn’t quite difficult to
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China’s One Child Policy Why was the Policy Introduced??? The one Child Policy was introduced in the year of 1979 in order to stabilize china’s rapidly growing population. At that time China’s population had reached around 970 million people‚ making them the most populated country at that time. The one child policy states that the ethnic majority‚ could only have one child. In 1980‚ china relaxed the policy allowing families to have two children if one parent was the only child in his or her family
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One-child Policy Should Not be Abolished In the 1970`s‚ Chinese government implemented one-child policy for Chinese families to control the rapidly growing population (Zhang and Goza 2006). This policy‚ although passed into law for almost 40 years‚ has come under much heated debate on whether China should maintain it or abolish it altogether. Along with Chinese population structure changing‚ two social issues‚ population aging and imbalance of sex ratio arise and gradually become manifest. One-child
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leadership in 1979 and considered to be one of the most invasive governmental social experiments of our era‚ the one-child policy in China‚ on the surface level‚ appears to have succeeded in its goal of stymieing the growth of the population to a manageable rate. The policy‚ however‚ regardless of whether or not it should be credited with the modern-day decreasing fertility rates in China‚ also brought about unintended social consequences. Despite the fact that this policy was enforced at least in part as
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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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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 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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