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    China introduced its one child policy in the late 1970s to address rapid population growth and its social, economic, and environmental impacts. The policy strictly limited urban Han Chinese families to one child, though exemptions were made for rural families and ethnic minorities. As a result, China's birth rate and population growth declined significantly. However, the policy also had negative consequences like a distortion of the gender balance, with more men than women, and the abandonment and orphaning of many baby girls. The long-term implications include an aging population and possible social issues from a generation of only children growing up without siblings.

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    China introduced its one child policy in the late 1970s to address rapid population growth and its social, economic, and environmental impacts. The policy strictly limited urban Han Chinese families to one child, though exemptions were made for rural families and ethnic minorities. As a result, China's birth rate and population growth declined significantly. However, the policy also had negative consequences like a distortion of the gender balance, with more men than women, and the abandonment and orphaning of many baby girls. The long-term implications include an aging population and possible social issues from a generation of only children growing up without siblings.

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    China introduced its one child policy in the late 1970s to address rapid population growth and its social, economic, and environmental impacts. The policy strictly limited urban Han Chinese families to one child, though exemptions were made for rural families and ethnic minorities. As a result, China's birth rate and population growth declined significantly. However, the policy also had negative consequences like a distortion of the gender balance, with more men than women, and the abandonment and orphaning of many baby girls. The long-term implications include an aging population and possible social issues from a generation of only children growing up without siblings.

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    Chinas one child policy

    Background to the policy


    In the late 1970s, the Chinese government ran by the leader Deng Xiaoping
    introduced a number of measures to reduce the rapid countrys birth rate and
    slow the population growth rate. Furthermore it was created to alleviate social,
    economic, and environmental problems in China.

    Description of the policy


    In 1950 the rate of population change in China was 1.9 per cent each year which
    would cause the population to double in less than 24 years Chinas one child
    policy strictly applies to Han Chinese living in urbanised areas of the areas. It
    does not apply to ethnic minorities in the country to prompt diversity or people
    living in rural areas where they need children to help with agriculture work.
    However families can appeal to have a second child if their first child is a girl.
    Strengths

    The birth rate in China has fallen since 1979, and the rate of population
    growth is now 0.7%. Also overall better living standards and health care granted
    to families who complied with the policy. Large reduction in unemployment (more
    jobs available due to a decrease in the population). In addition families who
    follow the policy, there are rewards: better schooling and higher wages

    Weakness
    There have been negative impacts too - due to a traditional preference for boys,
    large numbers of female babies have ended up homeless or in orphanages. s a
    result, the gender balance of the Chinese population has become distorted.
    Today it is thought that men outnumber women by more than 60 million. Families
    who have more than one child are fined or at its worst prison sentences. Theres
    a possibility of a generation of only children developing social problems due to
    the absence of sibling interaction.
    Future implications for sustainable development
    With the policy in place, China expected to achieve zero population growth 2025,
    by 2050, chinas population growth rate will reach -0.5 which will cause
    population decrease. However the falling birth rate will results in a number of
    elderly people( aging population)

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