One Child Policy Essay

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The reason for writing this topic is to increase the understanding of the one child policy implemented in china. This report gives specific statistics, case study and information about the one child policy in China and about the abuse of women by the government for having too many babies. The report provides an analysis and evaluation of the one child policy’s pros and cons. If the one child policy had not been introduced, there would have been a dramatic increase in population. On the other hand, this policy has caused a lot of pain to the family members.

2.0 Introduction
China’s One-Child Policy was introduced 35 years ago on September 25, 1979, by the Chinese Communist Party. Deng Xiao Ping wrote in an open letter to limit the population growth in china. This policy constrains every couple in China to have only one child. Couples with a supernumerary child without a permit will be fined thousands of dollars or be forced into abortion.

3.0 One Child Policy
3.1 History of the Policy
This policy was created after Chairman Mao Zedong urged Chinese couples to increase their family size and encourage couples to have more than one child leading to the birthrates of over 4 per family, launching China’s Great Leap Forward campaign in the 1950s. During the duration, Mao’s failed economic planning of the Great Leap Forward caused a food insufficiency which resulted in 30 million Chinese people dying from famine.

By 1980, although the birthrate in China has fallen to below 3 children per family, it was believed by a new regime of Chinese leaders which included Deng Xiao Ping, that forced and restricted population growth would lead to greater economic prosperity. This coercive policy influenced the family of the Chinese citize...

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... policy was also suppressing the demand of food and other resources by the growing population and thus prevented further hunger strikes. The population will be over 2 million if the one child policy is not been introduced. Also, the only child would be able to receive concentrated support and love from the family as there were no other children to distribute the family assets.

7.0 Conclusion
This one child policy was introduced in 1979 and constricted Chinese couples to have only one child. However, in rural areas, some of the families are allowed to have a second child if both of the parents are the only child or the first child is a girl or disabled. The policy has meant to reduce the childbirth rate but this policy has lead to forced abortions by the planning officials, giving away baby for adoption online and the imbalanced sex ratio of 116 boys to 100 girls.

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