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Deng's One Child Policy In China

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China is one of the largest countries on earth, it is four times the size of the United States. In recent years China has made headlines in becoming a global powerhouse. However, China was not always a vibrant country due to domestic problems that caused little to no economic growth for a period. Under the leadership of Mao, the focus was to increase the food supply to feed China’s growing population. The Mao administration redistributed farm land to the peasants where they did not have to pay any rent. This meant that the peasants could invest extra profit to help better the farming soil. Mao would buy the crops from the peasants for a low price and then sell them to outside for a high price. The profit Mao made would be put back into the economy to stimulate growth. Over time the peasants began to consume more food resulting in less food for the …show more content…

The first objective was to increase economic growth by stopping population growth. The second objective was to create diplomatic ties with other nations. To tackle the first issue Deng came up with a one child policy that was projected to increase population levels until the year 2000. To assist this new effort China’s government provided its citizens with the resources to prevent pregnancies such as birth control, abortion clinics, and menstrual education. Additionally, a force was deployed by the government to inspect homes to make sure families were complying with the new law. The government’s efforts resulted to an increase in the food supply once again. According to the text food supply increased by “one-third” but China’s rural inhabitants kept consuming more and more food. The government had initially planned to sell all the extra crops to neighboring countries to then build the economic infrastructure of China. Deng’s administration went back to the drawing board and decided to let foreign investors help China gain resources to move from farming to

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