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China's Solution: One Child Policy
China's Solution: One Child Policy
Assignment
Using your textbook (pages 201-203) and the internet, answer the following:
1. Provide some background on Chinas One Child Policy (origins, etc.) 2. List some of the punishments and rewards associated with the program 3. What are some of the issues that have arisen as a result of the policy
Background
Family Planning Policy was introduced by Deng Xiaoping in 1979 Population at the time was 970 million
Punishments
Loss of medical care Decreased wage Forced sterilizations/abortions Benefits cease No university acceptance for children Decreased pension Repayment of financial benefits from first child
Rewards
Increased wages and bonuses Free vacations for sterilizations, etc. Preferential housing Extra maternity leave and free daycare Free medical care Free tuition for children Extra pension income Guaranteed job for child when they graduate
Present Situation
Couples in rural areas can now have another child after four years if their first child is a girl Couples with a female baby get cash bonuses Girls can now support parents in old age and have jobs and possessions handed down to them Old age pension is increased for compliance
Successful?
Birth rate has decreased by over 200% in the past 40 years Is that enough? What about human rights? Equality? Forced sterilization/abortion issues? Labour force?