Chinese One-Child Policy
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- Chinese One-Child Policy
- Causes
- Famine, caused by too-rapid industrialization, which meant that too many people left farming for the city.
- Population was unsustaiable-not enough resources for the amount of people
- Birth rate was well above replacement level-expanding rapidly
- Lack of resources-tooo many people to provide for
- Consequences
- Positive
- The predicted famine didn't happen
- Standards of living are higher due to new jobs and small families
- More money-women have careers
- Negative
- Gender inbalance
- Can be 170 men to 100 women-men can't marry
- Female infanticide-baby girls abandoned to die
- Spoiled only children- 'Little Emperor' syndrome
- Gender inbalance
- Positive
- Exceptions
- Multiple births from a single pregnancy
- Minority ethnic groups
- Disabled parents
- Farmers (if the first child was a girl-boys are needed to work)
- Enforcement
- Pay cuts for fellow workers if they had a second child
- 'Granny police' check on couples, and take women to contraception appointments
- Women can be forced to have abortions as late as 9 months
- Local officials and the government rule private lives
- Rules
- Must have 1 successful pregnancy
- Must not marry until late 20s
- Must be sterilised after first child or abort future pregnancies
- Would receive a 5 to 10% salary rise for a single child
- Would get priority housing, pension and family benefits
- Consequences of Disobeying
- 10% salary cut
- A fine that could bankrupt households
- Forced to pay for education and healthcare
- Second children born abroad were not allowed to become Chinese citizens
- Causes
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