There have been many consequences to China’s one-child policy. The country’s fertility rate and birth rate both decreased after 1980; the Chinese government estimated that some 400 million births had been prevented. Because sons were generally favoured over daughters, the sex ratio in China bec...
Consequences of China’s one-child policy The one-child policy produced consequences beyond the goal of reducingpopulation growth. Most notably, the country’s overall sex ratio becameskewedtoward males—roughly between 3 and 4 percent more males than females. Traditionally, male children (especially...
With one child, people will ask the parents, “Is that all you’re having?” or “When are you going to have #2?” In China, the expectations are much different due to the government-mandated one child policy which makes having multiple children against the law with the exception of ...
However, the unintended consequences of China’s one-child policy may have hit the country harder than any bomb. Though the nation is reversing its course on the number of births allowed, it may betoo little too late. China’s Communist Party said on Thursday that it would now permit coupl...
“Who are you to stick your nose in China’s policies? Bare branches is not a problem it’s a blessing. There are way too many people in China already, which is why the [sic] instituted the one-child policy in the first place”.This attitude, unfortunately, is held by many in the...
The so called "one-child policy" has brought economic benefits in China for the three decades since it was enforced, but it has also brought a series of disadvantages with consequences in the near future: increase of the dependency ratio in China with the accentuation of the population ageing...
The one-child policy had important consequences for China's demographics. Understanding China's One-Child Policy The one-child policy refers to a set of laws implemented in China beginning in 1979 in response to explosive population growth that government officials feared would lead to a demographic...
ExploringChina’s“One-ChildPolicy”—--Past,PresentandFuture RUIWUMIN FROMVISITINGSCHOLAROCEANUNIVERSITYOFCHINA CHINA’SPOPULATION •StateCensusdata(2010):•Totalpopulation:1.370536875billion•Hannationality:91.51%;others8.49%---male51.27%:female48.73%105.20:100•Annualincrease:12million(down...
the one-child policy was a method of controlling the population. The policy mandated that the vast majority of couples in the country could have only one child. The phrase “one-child policy” was used often outside China but it can be a bit misleading. The rule didn't apply to all. ...
This paper gives a brief overview of China's family planning policy which, although recently relaxed, still controls a large swath of the population. Unofficially known as the 'one-child policy', it resulted from the social strife of the 1970s coupled with a Malthusian pessimism concerning the...