Where’s Walda?

The Chinese population crisis began in the mid-1970’s. Communist control for nearly thirty years made it exceedingly difficult to gather knowledge of the country’s population. Under the political control of Mao Zedong, there was no second-guessing his stand on population; he felt that population control was a western idea. It wasn’t until Mao’s death when

This one-child policy has had a sever effect on social attitudes towards women. As in all cultures, men are valued more than woman is. In China’s rural areas, men are needed for the well being of the farm. Since the government regulates the amount of offspring allowed, farm owners favor a male child versus a female. This leads to the biggest threat towards Chinese woman, infanticide.

With these concerns and others, it is apparent that the one-child policy has sever side affects. Chinese women have a grim future, as male over-population threatens their livelihood.

When a woman gives birth to a female infant to a rural household, the family is ashamed. There is a feeling of punishment by being cursed with a daughter as opposed to a son. There is little choice but to terminate the child. In order to cover up the termination, authorities are not told about the child. A usual method is to pour hot soup down the infan

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