China one child policy
- According to
the article, what is the official definition of the one child policy?
The purpose of which was to limit the great
majority of family units in the country to one child each.
- Who created the program and at what specific date(s)
was it implemented?
It was implemented September 25, 1980 by Deng Xiaoping.
- How was the program enforced and were there any
exceptions to the one child per family policy?
Some exceptions were
made to people if their firstborn was handicapped or to some parents within
ethnic minority groups. The program was forced by making contraceptive methods
widely available, offering financial incentive and employment opportunities for
those who complied. People who went against the policy would be forced to have
an abortion and sterilization.
- Explain the three problems and consequences associated
with the one child policy and its implementation in China.
The first problem was the sex ratio became skewed towards males.
There were roughly between 3 and 4% more males than females. Families preferred
males over females which caused orphanages to overflow with girls and women to
get abortions. Over time the females decreased so much there were a limited
number of girls to marry.
The second problem was a growing portion of elderly people. Elder
citizens relied on the young to support them but with so little young kids the
elder were having a harder time being supported.
The third problem was people who had more than one child had to
keep the other children hidden and undocumented. This caused the children to be
uneducated and unemployed.
It was causing too many problems
and there were not enough women to keep producing babies because families were
giving up girls because they did not think girls could do what they wanted them
to do in the future.
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