CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE 1. China's one-child policy: a recent example of a history of civil injustice. Between 1980 and 2016, China enforced its controversial one-child policy. This policy forbids Chinese couples from having more than one baby. Almost a decade after the end of this policy, one can ask: was China only allowing one child per couple beneficial? China's one-child policy was not beneficial, because it put economic stress on only children, left only children with emotional problems, and was unnecessary due to already dropping fertility rates. Firstly, the economic stress the policy put on only children was extremely harmful. As document E brings out,"...the policy places a huge burden on single Chinese children at the bottom of the resulting '4,2,1' family structure." Document E. Life is stressful enough for a young adult, but for an only child under China's policy it gets much worse. Not only do you have yourself to care for, but also two sets of elderly grandparents and two aging parents. Without someone to shoulder some of the responsibility, this structure can make life almost unbearable. This horror for young adults is prevalent throughout China due to the one-child policy. …show more content…
Only children get all the attention from their parents, but not all of that attention is good. A heartbreaking example of this is Xiao Xuan, who said, "I used to cut myself on my wrist after being yelled at by my mom and dad because I didn't know who I should talk to or turn to." Document F. As the quote brought out, only children have no siblings to go to for guidance or comfort. This feeling of loneliness, as shown above, can spiral into something even
Was China's one-Child policy a good idea? China's one child policy was introduced in 1980 with the fear of reaching the 1 billion population mark.China's one child policy was a great idea because it resolved China's population issue. The three main positive things that came from the one-child policy is population control, more respect for females and the environmental benefits.
During the first half of 50’s government did not limit the population growth but did the exact opposite and actually encourage families to have more children. This was due to the Mao Zedong’s or Chairman Mao’s believe that more population would mean more economic development, more labor and more growth, however, late 1950’s changed that and that is when China began implementing first population control measures. As population reached 600 million Mao expressed his wish for population to remain in this level. Government soon realized that in order to keep population at this level, long term population control would have to be implemented. First they began by simply distributing various forms of contraceptives among general population. As famine of 1959-1961 struck the country it set the policy aside but as soon as country began to demonstrate signs of recovery the family planning campaign resumed where it left with distribution of contraceptives. By the late 1970s, China had experienced success in decreasing fertility rates by increasing the use of birth control under the slogan "Late, Long and Few". As a result China's population growth dropped by half between 1970 and 1976. Nonetheless, it soon leveled off, making government and officials seek more drastic measures and on September 25, 1980 an open letter by the Chinese Communist Party established One-Child Policy (OCP) also called Family Planning Policy (FPP). Nevertheless the OCP name is misleading since the policy allows for exceptions. For instance rural families with first child being disabled or being girl are allowed to have another child. Also, couples where both bride and groom are single children are allowed to have two ...
Imagine having to be told by the government that you were only allowed to have one child because of your ethnicity and then being forced to pay for an additional child if it happened. China fell under Communist control in 1949 with Mao Zedong leading the country. China had just gotten out of a bad war so Chairman Mao believed that the Chinese people should have as many babies as they could; he called this plan the Great Leap Forward. Soon, China was captured in a famine that killed nearly 30 million people, so Mao told the Chinese people to have smaller families. Mao Zedong created the One-Child Policy (OCP) to help prevent large families. It seemed a great idea at the time, but would soon lead to severe social issues, gender issues, and ironically, population issues.
One of the more extreme measures taken in an attempt to control population has been China's one-child policy. Population advocate Garet Hardin suggests the rest of the world adopt similar policies. This paper is to show a country's government acting on theories that Hardin is popular for and the ethical and environmental effects that it had on people and the land. Hardin fails to see the ethical problems laid out by governments that suppress peoples thoughts and beliefs.
In the 1950s the People’s Republic of China first implemented the beginnings of the one child policy. It made significant changes to the population and the nation’s growth rate decreased. Professor Yinchu Ma (1957) initiated the policy with his book New Population Theory. His book responded to the huge increase in population growth occurring in China (Singer 1998). Under the Mao republic, leaders saw the population development as a danger to the nation’s economy (White 1994). The political party promoted childbirth in the 1950s and 1960s according to the slogan “one is a good few, two is just enough, and three is over” (White 1994). However these efforts were not successful and there were 250 million additional people in the 1970s. More steps were taken to encourage population control. These steps included focusing on contraceptive and abortion services in the countryside and encouraging later marriages. In 1982 the Chinese population was over one billion and the growth rate made China’s modernization goals more difficult.
CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE 1. Imagine living somewhere with more than 100 million people in the same city. Wouldn't that be insane? In 1980, China's Chairman Mao Zedong decided to create a policy that would help save China's environment because their standard of living began to decline due to overpopulation in their nation. The policy did change China's environment, but overall the One-Child policy was a bad idea because it caused major problems between family affairs, the population was not effected, and it created a huge sex ratio with having more men than women.
In 1979, China decided to establish a one child policy which states that couples are only allowed to have one child, unless they meet certain exceptions[1].In order to understand what social impacts the one child policy has created in China it important to evaluate the history of this law. China’s decision to implement a Child policy has caused possible corruption, an abuse of women’s rights, has led to high rates of female feticide, has created a gender ratio problem for China, and has led to specific problems associated with both the elderly and younger generation. Finally, an assessment of why China’s one child policy is important to the United States allows for a full evaluation of the policy.
Imagine for a minute a newlyweded woman. Who want more than anything to have a child maybe two maybe three, but in her country there are strict rules; she can have only one. So she and her husband apply to have that one precious baby, since they need the governments permission. She then get pregnant, 5 months down the road they find out that it is a girl. She is made to abort the baby. What are they going to do about it ? Nothing, because they have no choice. If this woman were real she would be living in China and her family would be controlled by the government and the one child policy.
CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE 1. How much could a government meddle with family issues of their own citizens? In 1979, China promoted and enforced a new policy, called the One-Child Policy. Although the One-Child Policy brought economic and environmental benefits to China, ultimately, the One-Child Policy was unnecessary and not a good idea because of the major societal pressures and issues, population indifferences, and the rapidly aging population all consequences of the One-Child Policy. A major consequence of China's One-Child Policy was the major societal pressures put on the youth, and even the elderly.
Patel Maahi Mrs. Warren Honors World History 16 May 2024 How Did China’s One-Child Policy Impact China? One of China’s most influential leaders, Mao Zedong, can be held responsible for the infamous One-Child Policy, an act passed in an attempt to reduce China’s overpopulation situation. Financial means such as heavy taxes on any children after the first, and the retraction of support from the government, were seen to serve as a motivator for Chinese couples to refrain from more than one pregnancy. As a further measure to slow childbirth and enforce abstinence, marriages would be delayed by government officials.
To start off, the One-Child Policy has had a huge impact on families living in China. Feng Wang and Cai Yong both stated, "The One-Child Policy, critics warned, would forcefully alter kin relations for Chinese families, and result in accelerated aging.... To enforce a policy that is so extreme and unpopular for families who relied on children for labor and old age support, physical abuses and violence would be inevitable...." (Document B) Having to enforce a policy like this one is horrible; and families are being forced to alter kin relations; in other words, the families are having to change ties based on marriage and Families should never be put in this situation in the first place and the One- Child Policy pushed this problem to a different level.
CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE 1. Did it really help the problem, or did it make it worse? China's one - child policy is detrimental to its population. The policy was supposed to help the rapidly growing population rate. They feared that if the population rate got too high, there wouldn't be enough to provide for them.
CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE 1. China's one-child policy was not a good idea. China introduced something called the one child policy in the year 1979, which basically states, you can only have one kid in a family (with minimal exceptions). Chinas government should not have implemented this due to the unnecessaryness of it all. China had been dealing with some population issues in prior years, and implemented certain things into their government system to control population.
Over population has been a global issue for decades. Medical advances have made it possible for people to live longer and have multiple births, which are just some of the factors contributing to this social problem. Many countries have attempted to battle this issue, but none as intensely as China. China allows the government to have full control over family planning to help reduce the population. In 1979 China created a policy called the "One Child Law" which limits couples to only one child. Although the Chinese government hopes to curb the population boom and benefit society, the One Child Policy has morally questionable results, negative impacts on Chinese society, which should be changed.
The “One Child Policy” should be abolished because it violates human rights and creates other problems for China. This policy has positive and negative effects but the negatives outweigh the positives. Overall, the “One Child Policy” has created many conflicts for china’s present and future. This law needs to be repealed before China is ruined in several aspects. In conclusion, the “One Child Policy” has caused many helpful and awful things to occur in China.