The People’s Republic of China has a long and infamous record on countless authoritarian laws that they have bestowed upon their citizens. One of their most notorious policies happens to be the One-Child Law. This law forbids families of China’s largest culture group, Han Chinese, living in urban areas, from having more than one child. Those caught with two or more children could face punishment in the form of a fine, a loss of their job, or even forced sterilization. This legislation as instituted in the year 1979 by their leader, at the time, Deng Xiaoping. The policy has led to a number of problems for the current and future state of Chinese population, with few benefits in return.
Overall, I believe that even though, the policy technically …show more content…
This law has driven many Han Chinese family to the extremes just so that they can have a male heir to the family. I understand that Chinese culture is behind the male preference, but I am convinced that the government should do more to alleviate the situation. They could greatly make the policy more moral, by reforming it to a more morally acceptable form. Maybe the government could institute a better policy, such as providing an incentive for families not have children, rather than fully criminalizing the act of having more than one child. No child should have to go through the neglect that is rumored to be rampant among Chinese families and orphanages. It is disturbing to me, knowing that orphanages, establishments that are supposed to be a refuge for children left behind, have devolved into a savage place, where many abandoned children are often left to perish. If the government were to keep the policy as active, I would suggest that they do more to regulate the orphanages scattered throughout China. I believe that this would help cut some of the many monstrous crime being committed by orphanage owners who have no sympathy for helpless
Overall, I believe that even though, the policy technically …show more content…
This law has driven many Han Chinese family to the extremes just so that they can have a male heir to the family. I understand that Chinese culture is behind the male preference, but I am convinced that the government should do more to alleviate the situation. They could greatly make the policy more moral, by reforming it to a more morally acceptable form. Maybe the government could institute a better policy, such as providing an incentive for families not have children, rather than fully criminalizing the act of having more than one child. No child should have to go through the neglect that is rumored to be rampant among Chinese families and orphanages. It is disturbing to me, knowing that orphanages, establishments that are supposed to be a refuge for children left behind, have devolved into a savage place, where many abandoned children are often left to perish. If the government were to keep the policy as active, I would suggest that they do more to regulate the orphanages scattered throughout China. I believe that this would help cut some of the many monstrous crime being committed by orphanage owners who have no sympathy for helpless