... Crude birth rate had fallen from 37 to 20 per thousand and life expectancy had doubled drastically from approximately 35 years to 66 years. The communist leader Mao Zedong stated "Even if China's population multiplies many times, she is fully capable of finding a solution; the solution is ... as they pleased, and as a result in the 1960's many services such as sanitation and medicine were improved. 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. ....

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... in the world. Growth rates in greater China look fantastic by U.S., European or Japanese standards. China today offers a new look and its transformation into a high performing economy is affecting its population. Some think that the reforms are painful but necessary. Private sector Chinese leaders hope to increase the pool of middle class. The purging of most of socialism's last vestiges will ... and plant managers in industry, permitted a wide variety of small-scale enterprise in services and light manufacturing. The result has been a quadrupling of GDP since 1978 (CIA, 1998). Agricult...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... in the world. Growth rates in greater China look fantastic by U.S., European or Japanese standards. China today offers a new look and its transformation into a high performing economy is affecting its population. Some think that the reforms are painful but necessary. Private sector Chinese leaders hope to increase the pool of middle class. The purging of most of socialism's last vestiges will ... and plant managers in industry, permitted a wide variety of small-scale enterprise in services and light manufacturing. The result has been a quadrupling of GDP since 1978 (CIA, 1998). Agricult...

• Word Count: 1081
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate