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China's One Child Policy
In the last part of the 20th Century, China, also known as the "sleeping giant," has transformed itself from a predominantly rural, pre-industrialized society to a political and economic challenger. Since the Maoist Revolution of 1949, also known as the Great Patriotic Revolution, China has transformed itself from a feudal system to one of the world's faster growing economies globally. China is huge -- in both geography and population. Over the last few decades it has experienced unprecedented economic growth with an average GDP of well over 10%. Even though the actual per capita income is still within the lower-middle category of global statistics, China still remains the third largest economy in the world. Modern China participates with a major role in the global economy, and organizations within the developed world take China quite seriously. China's own view of her economy is "Socialism with Chinese Characteristics," allowing state control over much of the economy with smatterings of private enterprise (Chinese Government, 2010).
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Mao himself saw people as one of the most precious of China's resources, and the push to provide more workers in both the agricultural and industrialized sectors was rampant. In fact, the population grew so drastically that by the mid-1970s, some of the country's resources were becoming scarce. Just a few years after Mao's death, in fact, the One-Child Policy, to Chinese known as "Policy of Birth Planning," was introduced. Chinese officials say that about 36 per cent of China's population is subject to the rule, and that between 1979 and 2011, the policy prevented at least 400 million births (Fong, 2004; 400 Million Births, 2011).
The policy is controversial both within and outside of China, as are the government's figures. The policy seems to be implemented in different ways depending on local officials, and has been implicated in an increase in forced abortion, female infanticide, underreporting of female births, and even slavery.…
Chinese Government. (2010). Official Web Portal. Information. Retrieved from:
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Fong, V. (2004). Only Hope: Coming of Age Under China's One-Child Policy. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
China's One-Child Policy In 1981 the Chinese government implemented the reproductive health program, also known as the one-child policy. This policy was intended to limit the number of births per family in order to stem a growing concern about over-population. This paper takes the position that while the population in China has stabilized, the overall effect of the policy has been detrimental to the nation in the long-run. Chinese officials insist
Conclusion China's growth rate has slowed dramatically in the last 30 years under the auspice of the One-Child Policy. In fact, at this point it is believed that growth rate is under 2% and that the population replacement rate is at 2.1%, meaning that if these numbers are accurate and hold up, the population of China could actually decrease at some point in the future. Hence, the One-Child Policy could be seen
Child Policy in China Button, G. (2011). China's One-Child Policy and the Population Explosion. Indian Journal of Economics and Business, 10(4), 467-474. Button is an accomplished author of various scholarly texts and is a holder of a masters of science in education and a bachelor's degree in international studies. In the past, Button has worked as a Research Assistant at the University of Denver, and more recently, he assumed the position
Ethnographic/Social Considerations Hall (1987) examined the effects of the one child policy from a cultural/anthropological and ethnographic perspective. Her study revealed that such policies unwittingly result in a cultural change in attitudes, beliefs and even behaviors exhibited by children. For example, couples may lean toward the decision that having more than one child "cramps their economic style" and that may lead to the one child being spoiled and the 'babyhood' period
Advanced technology played a big role in infanticide as it allowed couples to check the gender of the child before it was born. Ultrasounds helped couples check the sex of their child and allow them to make a decision on abortion easier. Infanticide managed to unbalance the sex ratio in china as there were far too many males and not so many females. Women do not have a big
The attitude of being the "Little Emperor." Albeit, normally disappears by the time the child from the one child family begins working when an adult. Child psychologist David Elkind Ph.D. (2009), Professor Emeritus of Child Development at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, asserts in the article, "The only child," that many of the currently adolescent singletons regularly presenting with a variety of social and behavioral problems (¶ 1). This social