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    China's One Child Policy

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    several years, China has had a policy called the One-Child Policy. The one-child policy had a terrible start and a pretty dry finish. The One-Child Policy was a bad idea. One of the reasons why the One-Child Policy was bad is because of the extreme loss in females. The reason why females were born less is that families wanted a male to live with the family name. The abortions of females became so bad that China would not allow the parents to know the gender of the child. However, parents still…

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    One Child Policy Dbq

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    One Child Policy DBQ Essay Enacted by the Chinese government in 1979, the One Child Policy attempted to decrease China’s unsustainable population growth. It accomplished this by restricting Han Chinese couples to one child. Phased out in 2015, the policy was very controversial amongst the international world. For the most part, the One Child Policy was good for China because it fulfilled its purpose, raised the standard of living for all of its citizens, and improved the lives of singleton…

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    is not the same in other countries. In China there is a one child policy that limits the number of children a married couple can have. This rule was first introduced to the people of China in 1979 (Levin). Just as expected there are several exceptions to this rule such as either spouse being an only child. If either spouse was an only child then it is legal for the couple to have a second baby four years after the birth of their first child and if the mother is over the age of 28 (Levin).…

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    China One Child Policy

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    rights issue is China One Child Policy. China One Child Policy violates Declaration of Human Right. This policy was developed in 1979. This only for Han Chinese living in urban areas of the country. China government wanted to reduce and control their population size because they seen a dramatic increase in their population growth. I t also reduce economic and environmental problems. With this being said the couples in China are only allowed to have one child. There is only one way China…

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    China's One Child Policy

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    so why have they had a one child policy that makes it illegal for their citizens to have more than one child active for 30 years even though they are running out of females to repopulate, and they are going to need to keep their number high in order to keep their economy stable. There are plenty of reasons why they would do this, but some people would disagree. Some say the one-child policy does too much more harm to their country than it does positively. The one child policy isn't a perfect…

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    China's One Child Policy

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    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…

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    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…

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    control. In 1979 the one child policy officially came into effect throughout China. This policy limits the number of children couples can have to one and in some cases two. Since its instatement, the policy has prevented more than 250 million births (Fitzpatrick). The Chinese government 's attempts to slow a rapidly expanding population through the instatement of the one-child policy limited the freedoms of the people and placed additional burdens on the average citizen that one would never…

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    controversial one-child policy is a violation of people's rights and while they are attempting to fix it, the affects the policy has had will continue to damage China for years. Population issues have been going on in China since the early 1900’s. The ruler of China who began ruling in 1949 Mao Zedong proposed an idea that the population needed to grow. Mao Zedong wanted the population to grow to gain…

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    China’s One Child Policy may have benefited them financially, but did not the lower or social economy as a whole.Fertility rates were also proven to have lowered from 4 or 5 kids to 1. It did help them reach their goal of reducing the population but it also had its disastrous side effects. China’s One Child Policy was a bad idea because it lead to children becoming spoiled ( Document D), Children having to help their parents during their old age ( Document B), and a Male Dominant Population.…

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