Rapid population growth has been a major problem for China. To cope with this problem, China’s government started the “One-Child Policy” in 1979 with an aim to prevent an overpopulation disaster and to put an end to this problem. This policy is a part of the family planning program and is an extreme measure to stop its rapid expanding society. It mainly limits couples to have only one child each. According to the Chinese government, 400 millions births were prevented after implementing the policy. China initiated the One-Child policy with good intention, however, there have been many controversies on this policy and its negative effects. Most people believe that the One-Child policy is not a good idea for controlling the Chinese overpopulation
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China is facing a labor shortfall due to a rapidly aging population as the result of the one-child policy, According to Doc E, factories have experienced youth-labor shortages in recent years. The problems will be getting even worse in the near future and might threaten China’s economic growth as the population ages rapidly. In addition, they have faced with the problem of not having enough children to take care of the elderly parents. As described in Doc E, there are too few children to care for the elderly people. This will affect economic development and social welfare expenses, and financial support from …show more content…
It is true that modern Chinese young men and women who born under this policy are more educated than previous generations, as their parents can focus all their attention and resources on one child. However, the policy has caused other problems and concerns that the Chinese government might not think about. In conclusion, the One-Child policy is not an answer to stop China’s overpopulation crisis. This is because the One-Child policy does not initiate the population decline. It has also negatively affected the country’s economic problem in terms of labor shortage and more importantly, the process of this policy’s implementation has affected China’s social structure with sex discrimination and violations of human
China is facing a labor shortfall due to a rapidly aging population as the result of the one-child policy, According to Doc E, factories have experienced youth-labor shortages in recent years. The problems will be getting even worse in the near future and might threaten China’s economic growth as the population ages rapidly. In addition, they have faced with the problem of not having enough children to take care of the elderly parents. As described in Doc E, there are too few children to care for the elderly people. This will affect economic development and social welfare expenses, and financial support from …show more content…
It is true that modern Chinese young men and women who born under this policy are more educated than previous generations, as their parents can focus all their attention and resources on one child. However, the policy has caused other problems and concerns that the Chinese government might not think about. In conclusion, the One-Child policy is not an answer to stop China’s overpopulation crisis. This is because the One-Child policy does not initiate the population decline. It has also negatively affected the country’s economic problem in terms of labor shortage and more importantly, the process of this policy’s implementation has affected China’s social structure with sex discrimination and violations of human