The One Child Policy And Prohibited Excess Reproduction

Since 1980, China has made its people the subject of an intrusive and unfair, One Child Policy. This policy was the result of Chinese officials becoming worried of the countries jump in population from 1960 to 1980 causing a widespread lack of resources, so they decided to induct a law that would make force Chinese citizens to be limited to one child. Because of this controversial policy the question has been raised, did the one child policy positively or negatively effect China? The one child policy did negatively effect China and its people, because it resulted in gender discrimination, unjust punishments and was unnecessary due to the already declining fertility rate.

In 1970, China instituted the one child policy restricting most couples to have only one offspring. Couples who violate the one-child policy face various punishments such as fines, loss of employment, sterilization and even forced abortions. For years, authorities claimed that this policy became a major contributor to China’s economic boost which had prevented 400 million births.

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

The purpose was to limit the great majority of family units in the country to only having one child per family. China began promoting birth control and family planning with the establishment of the People’s Republic in 1949. By the time that this policy was stating China had almost reached its one-billion mark. First born children were often favored to be a boy. This is because the son would inherit the land and family name when the father died. This resulted in the rise of abortions for female fetuses. Efforts were made to families with a handicapped first born child. The government was allowing those families to have more than one child. Also families that had a girl for a first born were allowed to have another child. If the parents were both didn’t have siblings they were also allowed to have more than one child. Late into 2015, the Chinese government decided to put raise the one child policy to two children per family that took effect in

According to data from The World Bank, the birth rate in china is 1.7 per every woman, which shows that is not accomplishing the one child per couple purpose it was created for. This just proves that in china almost 2 kids are being born per every couple. The fact is that they can not keep them in any legal way; therefore, all the women suffering because of this policy is not being worth at all because it is just causing many people’s rights to be violated with not reason. In addition, it is extremely unfair for the kids to deny the right knowing what it is like to have a sibling. Now, that many Chinese families will have two children, kids will have someone to play with them and to have a companion while

In the 1970’s china had the largest population growth rate of any country at 3%. The one child policy was introduced to slow the country’s growth, which is succeeded in doing, but it had negative impacts on the country as a whole. Firstly according to our book “Under the one-child policy, families that had more than one child were penalized financially, and educational opportunities and housing privileges were kept from families who broke the one-child mandate.” (72). what that means is parents who had more than one child were fined, and their children were not afforded the same right to education as children form one child families. The next problem is because China traditionally favors males over females, there were huge numbers of female

In Chinese society they try keeping the world a balance and equality to women and their kids. A world full of all men and you won’t be able to see any female, that’s what’s happening in china right now because of the one child-policy. Can you imagine what’s going to happen when Chinese culture is destroyed because of males taking over and reducing female gender, more crime, and also the most important thing would be war going one. The one child-policy should not exist because reduction of female gender can cause culture affect and economic wise and violating social equality. In 1964, the first national family planning to oversee china’s fertility reduction programs, which focused on urban areas with modern medical facilities and access to

The one-child birth policy continues to be an issue of controversy that will continue to be debated by many. China has become the largest population in the world, which is why China's one-child policy was initiated in late 1979. (Xiao-Tian) This policy was made in order to set population control so that each couple can only have one child. This topic grabbed my attention immediately; I was doubtful and curious about what would happen if a Chinese woman would happen to conceive twins or more than one child. Although many think China’s one-child policy has gone too far, it should remain enforced in order to lower China’s population, poverty rates, and prevent severe environmental issues.

China’s One-Child Policy was an attempt to handle China’s ever-growing population, which seemed like it would soon outgrow China’s economy and food production. In fact, it did just that in 1959 when a catastrophic famine struck China and caused the death of millions of Chinese due to Mao Zedong’s “Great Leap Forward” plan that was intended to modernize China’s economy. Following this, the Chinese government started to push further and further for strict family planning and even “began stepping up family planning campaigns, and by the mid-1970s it introduced the family planning slogan ‘Late, Long and Few’” (Connet). All this culminated in the official integration of the One-Child Policy in

The one-child policy rule in China created huge controversy for many parents. The one-child policy rule was first implemented in 1979, and later diminished in 2015. 36% of the population felt the one-child policy was not a good idea because the families who were affected by the policy were not allowed to have more than one child, and if they did, they would face possible fines or they would just abort the extra child. China’s one-child policy was not a good idea because it limited families, who could only produce males, to one child.

At the time, China was home to a quarter of the world’s population, who inhabited just 7% of the planet’s farmable land (“The Effect of…”). Around two thirds of the population were under the age of 30, and the baby boomers were entering their reproductive years (“The Effect of…”). The government began to see severe population containment as essential to economic reform and to an improvement of the dismal living standards. In response, the One Child Policy was enacted in 1979. The policy consisted of a set of guidelines governing the approved size of Chinese families (“The Effect of…”). These guidelines included restrictions on late marriage and childbearing, family size, and the spacing of children (in certain cases in which a second child was allowed) (“The Effect

China’s one-child policy was a population planning policy of China and was introduced in 1979. The policy was originally designed to be a one-generation policy. This policy enforcement varied, in some places the restrictions were more relaxed while in densely populated areas the policy was strictly enforced. In 1980 official policy granted local officials the flexibility to make exceptions. Some exceptions included; ethnic minorities, the father being a disabled serviceman, both parents being single children, and if a family's first-born is a daughter they are allowed a second child. In 2015, China announced plans of allowing all families to have two children.

She concludes with an illustration for the of the outcomes and results of the state's policy by comparing the conditions of China before and after enforcing the one-child-policy. She concludes with the title "Danger Remaining" to emphasize that the danger is remaining until the number of births per year reduces from 20 million to 14 million. On the other hand, the writers of "Rethinking family values" Carroll Bogert and George Wehrfritz believe that there must be an alternative solution for the one-child-policy because it is considered a serious violation for human rights. The writers introduce the roots of the problem when China was under the leadership of Mao. Then they gravely criticize the methods used by the government to control the population in China by using inhuman systems like forced abortions and forced sterilization. Another problem that emerged because of the wrong enforcement of the one-child-policy is the gender imbalance. Chinese prefer boys rather than girls because boys support their families later, but girls do not as they marry and leave their families. Finally, the writers support their opinion with simple words from Peng Peiyun who issued a circular listing" seven don's" of population policy (don't beat up people who have an unplanned birth; don't burn their houses down, etc.), however, it has never been published. Thus, it is obvious that the one-child-policy is a

In response to massive over population in China, the Chinese over has taken drastic measures to reduce the nation’s population. The first step that was implemented was the one-child policy also known as; pinyin. Pinyin is the one child limitation on the majority of families that live in the People’s Republic of China. It is enacted under the official family planing policy. It limits the number of children marries urban couples to have to one. The exceptions only apply to those who are: ethic minorities, rural families who depend on children for farming and, parents without any siblings themselves. The Chinese government has given an official statement saying that roughly to 35 to 40 percent of the Chinese population falls under the one child rule. The higher ups in the government bureaucracy who mostly live in Macau and some parts of Hong Kong are not affected by this policy as well. The policy was brought up by the government in 1978 but, was officially enacted to first-born children in 1979. Like today, China was dealing with many social, economic, and environmental problems. Pinyin was a response to “alleviate” these problems. Chinese authorities claimed that pinyin has prevented around 250 to 300 million births from the time of its implementation in 1979 to the year 2010(SOURE CITATION). There is still controversy within and outside of china for use of this policy. Because of the manner that policy was carried

One child policy gained a lot of critique and controversy during its implementation, especially for the issue of human rights abuse. The human rights abuse that happen during one child policy is referred to the women’s right. China says the one child policy that run more than 30 years has helped to reduce the population by more than 400 million people. However, critics are come from the international during the one child policy, China has been extensively criticized for forcing women to have abortions, sterilized, babies trafficking and give a punishment to those who disobey the rule as part of the policy. Moreover, there are wide reports about female baby infanticide by parents who want a son. Instead of bring a ‘pros’, one child policy of China is not only make the problems in the domestic area such as