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Noji A. BajetBA Communication III

Environmental ScienceJune 29, 2015

#AyokoNgEkstra The Chinese Social Engineering: One-Child Policy to Control Population Growth

WHAT is One Child

Policy?

WHY One Child

Policy?

Has it been successful?

WHAT are its economic, social and

moral implications?

WHAT is

next?

HOW did the world

react about this?

OVERVIEW

‘’So God created human beings, making them to be like himself. He createdthem male and female, blessed them, and said, ‘’Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth and bring it under their

control.’’ Gn 27-28 Bible TEV

‘’Ozone depletion, lack of water, and pollution are not the disease—they are the symptoms. The disease is overpopulation.’’

-Inferno, Dan Brown

Na-reach na po namin ang quota namin.

Po.

Why One-Child Policy?

Mao Zedong

China`s expanding population doubled under the leadership of Mao Zedong. In contrast, he did nothing to control it. (Manhid siya.) After taking power in 1949, he condemned birth control and banned the import of contraceptives.

He declared: ’’Of all things in the world, people are the most important’’. Mao wanted to build a human-wave defense policy fearing the attack of US and Sovient Union. Manpower is need!

Chinese leaders saw rapid population growth as an obstacle to development. Their interest in birth control was revived. Propaganda were heightened.

Finally, Mao realized the threats of too many Chinese. (Bakit ngayon lang???) He was encouraged to promote the ‘’LATER, LONGER and FEWER’’ policy in 1976.

OvercrowdingStrain on social servicesStrain on ecosystemHigh unemployment from excess labor supply

Deng Xiaoping-1979

LATER, LONGER, FEWER Policy

[1972]

ONE COUPLE,

TWO CHILDREN

Policy

ONE COUPLE, BETTER

ONE CHILDPolicy

ONE COUPLE,

ONLY ONE CHILDPolicy[1980-

present]

WHAT is One-Child Policy?

HOW the One-Child Policy Works:

1. As it most traditionally enforced, couples are encouraged to have ONLY ONE child.

2. If that child is born a GIRL, parents would be allowed to a second child in order to hopefully bear a SON.

3. After the second child, they would be discouraged from having any more children.

REWARDS for having one child (Yehey!):

Higher Wages Interest-Free Loans Retirement Funds Priority Housing and

School Enrolling

PENALTIES for having more than one child:

Fines from $370 to $12,800 Pressures to abort pregnancy Confiscated belongings Getting fired from work

Note: Pushed by a promotions-based system, local family planning official s and personnel are often encouraged to reach population targets by forcing abortions and tough punishments.

Exceptions to the Law:

Families living in rural areas Children born overseasEthnic minorities Parents who work in high-risk

occupations

Note: In rural areas, the birth of a second child is only encouraged if it is spaced 4 to 5 years from the first.

C25 PERCENTof Chinese Women of

reproductiveage have had at least one

abortion.

Each day in 2009, more than

C35,000forced abortions were performed in China.

Source: New England Journal of Medicine, BBC, The British Medical Journal

76 PERCENT SUPPORT

IT

How do the Chinese Feel About theOne-Child Policy?

Source: Chen Wei Center for Population and Development Studies , People`s University of China

CHas it been successful?

When the policy was enforced, the government`s target population by the year 2000 is 1.2 BILLION . As it turned out, population during the 200 census is 1.27 BILLION.

Source: Chen Wei Center for Population and Development Studies , People`s University of China

An estimated

400 MILLIONbirths have been prevented due to this program.

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China is the world`s

superpower.

CEconomic and Social Implications:

C#AyokoNgEkstra: An Issue of Human Rights

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Without enough girls, China faces huge problems:

‘’Child trafficking is at a record high’’

-US Department of State

‘’Crime rate are soaring’’

-The Economist

‘’Suicide is the number 1 death for young women in China’’

-Center for Disease Control, WHO

’’Of all things in the world, people are the most important’’

-Mao Ze Dong

’’You created every part of me;You put me together in my mother`s

womb.I praise you because you are to be

feared.all you do is strange and wonderful.

I know it with all my heart’’Psalm 139: 13-14 (TEV)

’’ Let the children come to me and do not

stop them, because the Kingdom of god belongs

to such as these.’’Luke 18:16 (TEV)

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CSources/References New England Journal of Medicine, BBC, The British Medical Journal New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Times of London, National

Geographic, The New Yorker, Time, Newsweek, Reuters, AP, Lonely Planet Guides, Compton's Encyclopedia © 2008 Jeffrey Hays

Chen Wei Center for Population and Development Studies , People`s University of China

The Good News Bible, Today`s English Version