China passed their One-Child policy in an effort to decrease their major overpopulation issue. This policy prevents most couples from having more than one child‚ although there are exceptions. Most ethnic minorities‚ such as the Hui‚ are allowed to have two children‚ & those that are an ethnic minority & live in rural areas are allowed three. Although these people can‚ by law‚ have more than one child‚ it is still encouraged that they choose to have only one. This policy has prevented approximately
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forced vasectomies‚ providing contraceptives‚ and creating different incentives for women and men to lower the number of children they are having; China was forced to limit its citizen to only one child per family; they went as far as using punishments‚ both mild and severe‚ for those that had more than one child. India’s way of dealing with the extreme overpopulation is majority incentive based. The Indian government made goals for the country and their reach practically ends there; they left the decision
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in great jeopardy; humanity has to start thinking about their future. Indeed‚ the earth’s population is growing at a fast rate and it is coherent that the more we are on the planet‚ the more resources‚ like water and food‚ are needed. Now‚ we have two ways of dealing with this issue. Either we improve the management of our resources‚ so in other words‚ try to work on a worldwide scale in order to have an effect; or we could try slowing down the population growth rate so that we do not run out of
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in China is negligible by Western standards‚ when you consider the country’s GDP and the average national income‚ it weighs in as the most expensive educational system in the world (teaching in China). Parents pay large sums of money to give their child an edge at government run schools. These educational costs represent up to 60 percent of their annual household income on primary‚ secondary‚ and high school schooling second only to their food budget compared to 18 percent in the U.S. (Chinese Education
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Buy” written by Michael J. Sandel‚ he points out the population control refer to two examples: China’s one- child policy and tradable procreation permits. Sandel responds that tradable procreation permits‚ which was put forward by the economist Kenneth Boulding in 1964‚ is preferable in economic standpoint. Each woman had one (or two) certificate to have an extra child. If a family wants an extra child‚ they can buy the certificate from other woman. It makes win-win in which buyers
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and India are the two countries that have the highest population in the world. Both countries have realised that family planning and population control had to happen around the 1950’s for India and the 1970’s for China. This essay will seek to compare and contrast China and India‚ focusing on what the major problems facing both are‚ why have they both had to implement policies regarding population control‚ and the long-term and short-term effects that these policies have on the two countries. The
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ONE CHILD NORM Rising population has been much of a concern for our nation in past few decades. To counter the drastic increase we have till now resorted to steps like providing free Family Health Planning facilities for married couples (you know the common ones I am talking about) and launching less-given-heed-to campaigns of Hum Do Hamare Do which lately has become Hum do Hamara Ek‚ thinking that the country which is having the largest illiterate population in the world would give heed to such
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out what has caused such an imbalance and what consequence it will have in the future. As they are two of the most affected countries‚ I shall focus primarily on China and India when answering these questions. These‚ as well as many other Asian nations‚ have a particular cultural aspect in common‚ which is relevant to this phenomenon: son preference. The reasons for this preference are primarily two-fold. Firstly‚ in China in particular‚ a son is seen as a legacy‚ important and valued for carrying
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provided substantial insight into the Gendercide that is occurring in China and India through audacious commentary and powerful anecdotes; however it also brought the big picture into retrospect through statistics. The video explained that in these two countries‚ up to 30% of girls are being aborted each year. As this statistic keeps up‚ the gap between male and female populations will continue to increase. In fact‚ China currently has 37‚000‚000 more boy children than girl children. I really enjoyed
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people than China. In 1978‚ a woman was having about 3 children in her lifetime on average‚ so China decided to introduce a “one-child” policy for population control. This meant that families were only permitted to have one child per household. Ultimately‚
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