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    The one-child policy has also created a generation of “missing girls”. Examining China’s census data from 1980 to 2000 counted approximately 12.8 million fewer females in the cohorts born between those years than would be expected if China had experienced normal sex ratios at birth. Another estimated 50 million Chinese women have gone unaccounted for in birth rate and mortality data. The “missing girls” phenomenon is another unintended consequence that arose out the one-child policy. These “missing

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    China’s one-child policy has interesting origins. Although,” China’s fertility rate began to fall in the 1960’s, there was no national policy aiming for a population of smaller families until 1971. In 1979, “Wan Xi Shao”, a program that encouraged later marriage, longer birth intervals between births and fewer children is what evolved to the well-known “one-child policy”.”(Gilbert, 24) Under the one-child policy, couples are given incentives to have a single child. Couples who pledge to have a single

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    China One Child Policy was a policy that told everybody instead for a handful of families that they were only allowed to have one child or face consequences. The policy was put forth to try and dumb down the population numbers as it was becoming a problem because China could not feed or supply their population with water for a while. The policy was enacted 1979 and taken away in 2015 due to acceptable numbers. In Document A it shows that the population rates were at an all time high near the 2000’s

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    Imbalance from the One-Child Policy China’s one-child policy was implemented in 1979 by Deng Xiaoping to limit China’s population growth, under the belief that overpopulation would inhibit its economic growth (History of the One-Child Policy). The policy restricted couples to only have one child, unless they were of an ethnic minority (Pong, 168). It was later amended in 2002 to include allowing two only-child parents to have two children, and allowed rural families to have another child if the first

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    The One Child Policy China has had the new population control for almost 36 years, composed by the one-child policy and prohibited excess reproduction. The birth control plan has received praise on reducing the population but also received criticism over the late 20th century. In 1979, couples were forced to pledge not to give second birth or bear any more children (Feng, 2014). From 1979 to 2015, while population growth rate has reduced substantially, this implementation has been tremendously restructured

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    population growth, implemented a policy limiting family to only having one child. This policy started out by being a voluntary program and within 2 years became a government mandated policy. This policy was intended to be applied evenly throughout all of china, however exceptions were quickly made. A few of the exceptions were people within certain ethnic minority groups and parents that had children that were born with handicaps were allowed to have more than one child. It was also a lot easier to

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    The one-child policy in China forces families to only have one child by using harsh treatments such as undocumented children, forced abortions, and fines. The policy affects the elderly, economy, education levels, personality of children and the value of girls in China. Deng Xiaoping, a Chinese leader, created the one-child policy in 1979 in order to limit population growth of the Han Chinese. The policy takes away couples’ rights to have more than one child. Why does the government have to issue

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    battle against population pressures. The most recent development in this fight is known as the one-child policy. The one-child policy in China has been a controversial topic since it originated in 1979. The recent change in the policy has caused yet another disturbance. However, I believe that the one child policy was a rational response to China’s growing population. Even though the new developments in the policy do not directly impact the US now, I believe that we have the right to be concerned about

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    up as a result of the one child policy. The one child policy was instituted in 1975, but was recently changed allowing parents to have 2 children. It was a good idea to get allow parents to have 2 children because having the one child policy led to many problems such as, illegal abortions, abandonment, and imbalance of population. Here is a reason why the one

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    The article entitled “China Abandons One-Child Policy” was written by Laurie Burkitt and published in The Wall Street Journal on October 30, 2015. The article is concerned about the new policy that allows the Chinese to have two children and problems faced regarding the change of the policy. China had implemented one-child policy for about 35 years that affects China’s population declining. Moreover, aging population has been increasing; in this year they reach to 131 million, and will be many

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