China has always had a problem with over-population. The problem of a growing population is dated back to the Mao Zedong era when the population was just over 602 million people. He believed that if there were more people, then there would be more workers. The Chinese government noticed the problem of feeding, clothing, housing, employing and educating the numerous amount of people in the early 1980’s. China came up with the solution

China’s culture promotes a married couple to have a son. This feature of their culture is promoted by the idea that the son will act as a security system in the couples old age (Jowett). The security system does not work if a daughter is born because she will marry into another family. The countries ratios between men and women have grown farther apart due to the fact that a couple can only have one child. China’s cultural factors in the aspect of sexual preferences with having a baby have made the one-child policy in China hard to achieve.

Hong Xiao, advocate of human rights, says that the one-child policy gives parents the idea of abortion. The majority of these abortions are female fetuses. These abortions are the effects of old age security. The United States are also against this policy and donate 25 million dollars a year in order to help stop these abortions.

Finally, the opposed argue that child sex preferences in China is causing a major problem with incest. This is a direct cause of the male population

Some topics in this essay:
Mao Zedong, Li Yinhe, Hong Xiao, , Horie According, Chen Shengli, one-child policy, Beech Statistics, age security, amount people, security system, growing population, chinese government, child china’s,