... learnt a great deal about their culture and homeland. Back in China, for over 30 years, the Chinese government has exercised a policy called "One Child Policy". Considering how strong and powerful the Chinese economy is, it is hard not to wonder if the One Child Policy had anything to do with ... it. In my essay, I will explore how one of the most controversial policies of all time has helped the Chinese economy to grow and develop. Studying the One Child Policy would mean, studying how fertility rate or population growth rate influences the growth and ... my essay I will be predominant...

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... grow to 1,490,000,000 by 2025, but will decrease slightly to 1,480,000,000 by 2050. This decline is a result of China's government enforced one-child policy. Some 58,000 children are born every day in China, which averages out to 20,000,000 births each year. This ... per woman. Another thing that will contribute to a less dramatic increase in population is the liberalization of society. Even though many of these younger Chinese may not accept the one-child policy, many will put off marriage, childbirth, and spacing between children to pursue education and careers. These urbanized ... ...

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... was growing rapidly, and if continued it would have effected greatly the countries economics, and also the lives of the people in China. The Chinese government needs to do something to slow this growth so they introduced the One Child Policy which to some extent has been achieved. Another point of the functionalist theory is that ... they should be heard. THE ONE CHILD POLICY Since the formation of political power by the communists in China, the Chinese population exploded. The population growth exceeded 2 percent for most years between 1949 and 1974. Due to this rapid population growt...

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... was growing rapidly, and if continued it would have effected greatly the countries economics, and also the lives of the people in China. The Chinese government needs to do something to slow this growth so they introduced the One Child Policy which to some extent has been achieved. Another point of the functionalist theory is that ... they should be heard. THE ONE CHILD POLICY Since the formation of political power by the communists in China, the Chinese population exploded. The population growth exceeded 2 percent for most years between 1949 and 1974. Due to this rapid population growt...

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... process of rapid economical development. With a large population, China has a strong potential to affect many different countries. However, large population can be a disadvantage to Chinese government. With an uncontrollable population, Chinese government introduced the One Child Policy in 1979, which limits couples' childbearing by heavy fine and punishment to reduce birth rates, to control the large population. This policy superficially ... had plans for their own business. It is difficult to ignore the individualistic tendency of this Balinghou generation. In addition, this policy al...

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... 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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... were also not allowed to divorce their husbands. This all changed during the cultural revolution. Women's role changed dramatically under Mao and his communist government. Women were now able to work in the fields and in the factories in order to help Mao's communist machine to operate. Women were ... useless to have women and children working in the fields like they did during Mao's reign. From 1976 to the mid nineties the Chinese government has made dramatic steps and legislative changes in order to change the role of women in china. Even since the dramatic post-1949 ... states, China ...

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... of encouragement to have multiple children, the Chinese government told its people that population growth was a danger and that each family should have only one child. Since then, the policy has, for the most part, been stringently enforced throughout the country. Chinese women have reported being forced to abort ... growth rate also declines from 9.53?in 1998 to 6.95?in 2001. The population in China is in the close watch of Chinese PRC government and has significant result. With the great performance of controlling population growth, it has also bring some foreseeable problems. Firstly,...

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... Such services prompted rapid population growth, which was initially seen as an economic boom. The government also restricted any form of birth control and banned imports of contraceptives. Then the average Chinese family had over four children. Not long after, the growing population was taking much of ... 1976; but shortly population leveled off. Although by 1979, the number of children was reduced to three per family, a new communist regime of Chinese leaders fathom the idea that by restricting population growth, a preeminent economic prosperity would follow. As a consequence, the '...

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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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... cannot debate that controlled population growth is a negative ambition however; it is all in how you control that growth. As it stands now a Chinese nationals must obtain permission to be married as well as have a child. This seems to go against the fundamental human right to procreate. Furthermore ... under the one child policy as well. This can only be deemed genocide on the part of the Chinese government since these cultures probably wont survived if they are halved as the Chinese government is attempting to do under this policy. Officially the sanction for multiple births in China is ...

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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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... But without the implementation of the "One Child Policy', there could have been almost 400 million more people in China. Made mandatory by Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, the One Child Policy worked to address ongoing economical, social and environmental issues caused mainly by overpopulation. It was initially ... plunged from almost 4 children per woman in the 1970's to 1.6 today" (World Bank). Though many viewed the policy as negative, the government tried to offer some incentives to citizen who are following the new regulations. For example, families in fulfillment with the policy wer...

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... as it cannot simply be fixed with having more children. With the high taxes and having to provide financially for two parents and four grandparents, the Chinese will not be able to afford having another child as they already have a high burden of six dependant people. This can lead to a lower ... heavily and ruining China's social aspects as well as their traditions that they need. Thirdly, the one-child policy has a very negative impact on Chinese women. An example would be of one of the most known situations which is gendercide. Millions of girls are being aborted, abandoned or put up...

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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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... grow to 1,490,000,000 by 2025, but will decrease slightly to 1,480,000,000 by 2050. This decline is a result of China's government enforced one-child policy. Some 58,000 children are born every day in China, which averages out to 20,000,000 births each year. This ... per woman. Another thing that will contribute to a less dramatic increase in population is the liberalization of society. Even though many of these younger Chinese may not accept the one-child policy, many will put off marriage, childbirth, and spacing between children to pursue education and careers. These urbanized ... ...

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... grow to 1,490,000,000 by 2025, but will decrease slightly to 1,480,000,000 by 2050. This decline is a result of China's government enforced one-child policy. Some 58,000 children are born every day in China, which averages out to 20,000,000 births each year. This ... per woman. Another thing that will contribute to a less dramatic increase in population is the liberalization of society. Even though many of these younger Chinese may not accept the one-child policy, many will put off marriage, childbirth, and spacing between children to pursue education and careers. These urbanized ... ...

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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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... abortion was performed without the consent of the mother. Reports have shown that women are often brainwashed, imprisoned, and deprived of food until they agree to have an abortion. The Chinese government had tried to insert some control over the abortions, making them instituted only if there was some medical reason why the parents did not want the child, or if the ... newborns was 118 males for every 100 females. These statistics indicate what the world had already speculated, that there is a great amount of female infanticide occurring in China. Although the Chinese government is not...

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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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