... million-person increase was added within the last 50 years. In essence, the Mainland China alone contributes to at least twenty percent of the world's contribution. (Ogilvy 2000:97) The Chinese government realized that something had to be done or they would never be able to prosper as a country. Not at the rate they were heading, that's for sure. They decided to ... set up a plan to reduce the population growth. They called it China's one-child policy. This policy limits a Chinese couple to bearing only one child. (Milwertz 1997:56) Initially, the Chines! e government adopted the policy...

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... faced serious population problems. It was clear that a dangerously high population would strain resources. With a large population, it seemed impossible to provide adequate education, health care, and jobs. The Chinese government had to make extreme decisions to try to stabilize the country's condition. This meant harsh policies that would forever change the cultural make-up of China. Population experts and the ... Chinese government were unaware that their actions would put a woman's place in jeopardy. The Chinese population crisis began in the mid-1970's. Communist control for nearly ...

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After years of encouraging reproduction, in 1979 the Chinese government instigated a policy known today as the one-child policy. The policy has been praised as effective for making sure that China will be able to continue to support its large ... rural areas as well. In addition to the human rights and sexual discrimination, there have been reports that the Chinese government has failed to consider the long term effects the policy has on the country. For example, the ratio of Chinese males to Chinese females is 117 for every 100 females. Others have also put this ratio as high as 131 to 100 ...

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... Since women wanted more equality, and equality is doled out from the hands of those in power,capitalism was examined. The economic issues of repressed Chinese women were focused on the Land Act and the Marriage Act of 1950. The Land reform succeeded in eliminating the extended family's material basis and hence ... successful and China has proven that they were only panaceas for the real issue. Materialistic approaches could not shadow the issue of the view in Chinese society of the role of women. In the struggle for equality, China did not go to the women to find what they believed to ....

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... that women are forced to do without their free will. Forced abortions, sterilization and the killing of innocent infants is cruel and unnecessary. The government should find another way of dealing with china's immense population. Even though they need to control the amount of people it shouldn't be ... they have turned themselves in. At least 40 million innocent lives are being killed and they are violating their rights of privacy. The U.S. government should lend a helping hand by educating and sending birth control supplies. Educating them would be the most important thing because wome...

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... infanticide. Throughout centuries, China has been battling with overpopulation, one of the biggest issues that the nation has been faced with, forcing the government to enforce the one-child policy. The desire to control the rapidly growing population dates back to the Mao Zedong era where the population ... What he did not realize at the time was that too many mouths bring hardship, poverty, and paucity of food supplies. In 1979, the Chinese government decided to enforce a policy that would help minimize the growth of their population (McDonald, 1996). The one-child policy was what they ...

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... 2000. That is twenty two percent of the world's population, which means that one in five people in the world lives in China. This large population calls for restrictions. The Chinese government introduced a law that they called the one-child policy. The law allows a married couple whishing to have children to have only one child. The policy has prevented a possible three hundred ... and twenty million births since it was implemented in 1979. It was only in the 1970's that the Chinese government decided the population of their country was growing too big, too fast and that something need...

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China has had a population problem for nearly 30 years now. This population problem has caused the Chinese government to create the one-child-per-family policy to counteract the problem. This policy helps reduce the country's population ... 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 ... of producing a fewer amount of peop...

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China has had a population problem for nearly 30 years now. This population problem has caused the Chinese government to create the one-child-per-family policy to counteract the problem. This policy helps reduce the country's population ... 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 ... of producing a fewer amount of peop...

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... well known that China is facing many problems. One of the major problems that people have become more and more concerned about is the Chinese population. The population explosion occurred between 1950s and the 1970s. The cause of this explosion was mainly due to; there was no ... family planning of any sort. In those days, the main occupation of the Chinese people is farming. All the farming was done by men and animals. Therefore, the tradition that many sons were needed for farming had been existence ... wars, and then the disaster would surely strike. Today, the population in China is...

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... it if the mother wants more than one child, because in order for them to have more than one child they have to pay and some can not afford it. Chinese government believes in birth control policy, which is promoted so a couple will have only one child. Some women go against the birth control policy and rather be fined in order to ... have another child. After the first child all Chinese women are forced to have an abortion. Another way you know the authors goes both ways is when they say for women to have anymore kids is praiseworthy; but for ... women who wants more kids is not a vicio...

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China's One Child Policy: Anomaly or Necessity? In 1979, after years of encouraging reproduction, the Chinese government implemented a policy known today is the one-child policy. The policy has at times been praised as an effective tool for ensuring that China will be able to continue to ... spread their largesse. Studies have shown that these children are less interested in tradition than their elders and feel compeled to quickly carve out a niche for themseves in society. The Chinese goverment has been forced to start parenting classes and family clinics to deal with this issue Furthermor...

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... result of all these different cultures colliding, social problems are common. Poverty is one of these problems. In order to deal with this, the United States government has created Welfare Programs. These programs give poor families money to get food, shelter, etc. Food stamps are issued, insurance is provided to the unemployed, ... drives for the poor. These all sound good on paper, but some of these people are taking advantage of these programs. Some people feel it's the government's job to provide for them instead of getting a job. As a result, the taxpayer is the one who pays for the...

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... would not be fair to raise a child who might have the chance to possible starve to death. In china, infanticide is a common practise although it is declared illegal by the government. Killing females is done more often then male infanticide. In China, "Female infanticide is the intentional killing of baby girls due to the preference for male babies and from the ... a victim of infanticide, (www.gendercide ). The reason for so many females being victims to infanticide is that in China they are only allowed to have one child per couple, (geography ). Chinese want their name to be passed o...

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