The one child policy produces negative social consequences, particularly sex discrimination. With males being viewed as culturally preferable, the practice of female infanticide has been the major event. China began promoting the use of birth control and family planning with the establishment of the People’s Republican in 1979 to limit population growth. The law indicates that each family should legally have only one child. “Fines, pressures to abort a pregnancy, and even forced sterilization accompanied second or subsequent pregnancies” (Matt Rosenberg). Families will be given heavy fines imposed on those who violate the law, and will be forced of abortion or sterilization. It has been common believe in China that male infants are important
