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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One child policy has been in effect in China for more than thirty years. However‚ during the recent several years‚ the controversy of whether the government should abolish the one child policy has been debated widely among government officials as well as ordinary people. It is a significant issue because it involves a lot of essential social problems and moral principles. There have been various opinions concerning this issue. This essay will consider arguments for abolishing the one child policy
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China’s One-Child Policy: Should It Be Abolished? After the People’s Republic of China had been founded in 1949‚ the improved sanitation and medicine promoted rapid population growth. Before long‚ the population boom started to take a major toll on the country’s food supply. Officials launched a campaign to promote birth control in 1955 in order to deal with the overpopulation. Their efforts were reversed though‚ in 1958 by the Great Leap Forward‚ which was Mao Zedong’s attempt to rapidly convert
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One child Policy Implemented in China In 1979‚ a one-child policy was introduced to control China’s growing population and reduce the damage on scarce resources. Despite its success on curbing their population and lowering the demand on resources‚ it’s important that the one child policy comes to an end. It’s the 21st century and a restriction on family size is archaic‚ ruthless as well as demeaning to human rights. How will the country be successful as a whole with such harsh regulations
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One-child policy in China Term paper Submitted within the study programme Bachelor of Science in Business Administration For the module ACWE – Academic Writing in English Expert Valerie Faminoff Mangold Submission date 19.12.2012 Contents 1. Introduction In 1960 Chinese were allowed to have as many children as possible. It was even a good omen for the country1. In 1979 the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping established the one-child policy
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workers‚ which should let China catch up economically with wealthy countries. The population grew from around 540 million in 1949 to 940 million in 1976. Then beginning in 1970 the government encouraged people to marry later and have two kids. Although this was helping‚ future population growth was overwhelming and then Chinese leaders proposed the one child policy. In 1979 the one child policy was enacted and China would be dramatically changed. I am against the one child policy because of the four-two-one
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The one child policy in 1979 in an attempt to slow the rapidly growing population‚ initiated by Chinese officials has led to a multitude of uncalculated and sudden catastrophic impingements. These impingements have had‚ and will continue to have‚ large scale effects on China’s population. The Chinese government has begun to feel the recoil of their one child policy after the discovery was made that there is an approximant 120 to 100 ratio of males to females in China. This was a crucial discovery
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The one child policy is a famous policy that was implemented in the People’s Republic of China. A Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping established it in 1979 to limit China’s population growth. By the name itself‚ the policy states that only one child is allowed in a household. However‚ if the first child is a girl‚ the couple is given another chance to have one more child but you can’t bear a child right after the first one. A well-known slogan in China: ” Late‚ Long‚ and Few” The policy advocates delaying
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Essay Instructor Draft 15 Nov. 2012 It is the Time to Stop the One-Child Policy in China In 1979‚ the Population and Family Planning Commissions of China established a policy‚ which is the unique policy of China in the world‚ called the One-Child policy. According to the BBC News in the report of “China Steps Up ‘One Child‘ Policy‚” The ’one child ’ policy stipulates each couple living in the cities should only have one child‚ unless one or both of the couple are from an ethnic minority or they are
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Current China’s One-Child Policy sibo ma Current China’s One-Child Policy On October 31st‚ 2011‚ with a particular enfant born‚ the population of the world reached seven billion. Once again‚ population problems have aroused concerns in all circles of the society‚ which is also a big problem to China. As we all know‚ “With just over 1.3 billion people‚ China is the world’s most populous country. China represents a full 20% of the world’s population
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