China's One-Child Policy: Was It A Good Idea

China has one of the biggest populations in the world, and it will become a problem if untreated. China realised that it had a population problem and introduced its policy in 1980. China's one-child law: Was it a good plan? The one-child policy helped prevent millions of births, this may have saved china from a famine.

The one child policy only hurt China more due to its lowering fertility rate prior to the policy. “China had already achieved a remarkable fertility reduction, halving the number of children per women from 5.8 in 1970 to 2.7 in 1979.” (Document B) The facts shown here show that the policy was not necessary. In addition, since the population was already going

CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE 1. The one-child policy introduced by China has been debated whether or not it was necessary. China instated the new policy to control population growth in 1980. The one child policy was introduced to Chinese population to restrict families to only one child in hopes of reducing the rapidly growing population.

CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE 1. What was the one child policy, and what made China's government want to put it into action? The one child policy was a policy started in 1980 to help with China's rapidly growing population. The policy stated that a family could only have one child and that you would be punished if you didn't follow.

But the question is, is China's one child policy really needed? China's one child policy was unnecessary because their population was already in decline, it led to fewer people getting married and it affected the mental health of the newer generations. First, the one child policy was implemented when China's population was already declining. "At the time of the policy's announcement [in 1980], China had already achieved a remarkable fertility reduction, halving the number of children per woman from 5.8 in 1970 to 2.7 in 1979"(Document B). If the fertility rates were already declining and the one child policy was put in place, it would "forcefully alter kin relations for Chinese families, and result in accelerated aging" (Document B).

"The one-child policy had unquestionably caused fertility to decline more rapidly than it otherwise would have...and has therefore played a significant role in China's demographic transition...explaining up to a quarter of its per capita GDP growth in the last 3 decades (Document E). " The policy succeeded in curbing population growth and is shown to have improved job opportunities for many young women in China. " Indeed, some of the hottest and best paying jobs in today's globalizing social service economy...are open exclusively to young women... For these young women, the one-child policy seems to be a real blessing (Document

CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE 1. The One-Child policy was a very controversial topic, and there are many negative sides to it, and many positive sides to it too. The one-child policy was announced in 1980 to reduce the country s population growth. Many might wonder, was it actually a good idea though?

The one-child policy was a supposed plan to solve a population issue. Originally, Mao encouraged families to have as many children as possible. As a result of this, China’s population increased. After Mao’s death, the Communist Party implemented the one-child policy. Its goal was to reduce the population of China.

China’s one-child policy caused female babies to be killed and the elderly neglected. When Mao Zedong had control of China he thought that more people meant more workers however by 1960 China’s population exploded and the one child was established. Was the one child policy a good idea? China’s one child policy was a bad idea because, not enough workers, too many elderly, infanticide of female babies, and because it was not needed.

The freedom that Americans have to raise their children according to their beliefs starkly contradicts the one-child policy implemented in China. The one-child policy was a program designed to restrict Chinese families to only one child, with severe consequences lined up for those who disobeyed. It was met with harsh opposition, from Chinese citizens as well as from other countries. The policy succeeded in creating smaller families, but it unleashed a slew of unintended consequences, including a higher crime rate and an increase in the elderly population, who only have one child to support them. Most significantly, the policy caused a national “gendercide” and an influx of Chinese bachelors, indirectly causing an increase in sex trafficking in and around the country. Did the one-child policy achieve its intended effect, or did it cause many more inadvertent effects that it could not control?

In the last two decades, China’s economy has grown rapidly, becoming the world’s second largest economy after the U.S. China has gained this achievement by becoming the factory of the world and exporting cheap products to oversea markets. However, recently China has been losing its advantages in the export sector, which its economy is heavily reliant on. New data shows a visible slowdown in manufacturing in China and it’s time for China to reform its manufacturing model to resist this slowdown.

Due to the one-child policy there are many serious human rights infractions. Since the policy has been in effect, there have been more than 400 million prevented births ("China:

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.

There has been a long history of China’s one child policy, since it was first introduces in 1979 by a Chinese Leader Deng Xiaoping (Rosenberg n.p). The law was meant to be temporary and used to control the population; however it is still in use today (Rosenberg n.p). When the policy was first enforced, it only

“China Will Have another Major Demographic Problem,” is an article on About.com written by Matt Rosernberg. It explains the great imbalance between man and women due to China’s One Child Policy, and how this situation will disturb the stability and development of China because the high numbers of bachelors tend to damage community by doing crimes and violence. The policy says that a couple could only have a child. This was created as a temporary solution since China was overpopulated by 972 million people in 1979 (Rosenberg). Through years this policy is proven to reduce the population growth. However, there have been some unintended side effects. Not only did this policy create the gender imbalance, but also many other issues, such as: the high population of unmarried men, human trafficking, and the high rate of suicide.