CHINAS ONE CHILD POLICY HISTORY OF CHINA REPUBLIC

CHINA’S ONE CHILD POLICY

HISTORY OF CHINA • REPUBLIC OF CHINA ESTABLISHED IN 1912 • FELL IN 1949 • PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ESTABLISHED IN 1949, PRESENT DAY CHINA • COUNTRY RULED BY THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA

ONE CHILD POLICY, WHAT IS IT? • “FAMILY PLANNING” • ONE CHILD PER MARRIED COUPLE • KNOWN AS “FAMILY PLANNING POLICY” IN CHINA • KNOWN AS “ONE CHILD POLICY” IN WEST

HISTORY OF THE ONE CHILD POLICY • UNTIL 1960’S, FAMILIES WERE ENCOURAGED TO HAVE AS MANY CHILDREN AS POSSIBLE • BEGAN RUNNING OUT OF RESOURCES • ONE CHILD POLICY PROPOSED IN 1970 • IMPLEMENTED IN 1980 FUN F AC Child P T: the One ol accept icy was huge ed ly had a q because Ch ina u world’s arter of the p only 7% opulation but of the l and!

ENFORCING THE ONE CHILD POLICY • FORCED ABORTIONS • FAMILIES WITH MORE THAN ONE CHILD OFTEN FACED FINES AND HARASSMENT FROM CITY OFFICIALS. • BECAUSE OF THIS, MANY PEOPLE CHOSE NOT TO REGISTER THEIR CHILDREN IN AN ATTEMPT TO HAVE A LARGER FAMILY WITHOUT THE CONSEQUENCES

RESULTS OF THE ONE CHILD POLICY: PAST • REDUCED THE BIRTH RATE GREATLY, NUMBERS DROPPED FROM 4. 77 TO 1. 64 CHILDREN/WOMAN • INCREASED RESOURCES • TIGHT FAMILY BONDS • GENDERCIDE • SINCE MALES WERE PREFERRED AS THEY CARRY THE LINEAGE, FEMALE BABIES WERE ABORTED. EVENTUALLY, A LAW WAS PUT INTO PLACE WHERE DOCTORS COULDN’T REVEAL THE GENDER OF THE BABY

RESULTS OF ONE CHILD POLICY: PRESENT • GENDERCIDE CAUSED A LARGE GENDER GAP • ACCORDING TO BBC BY 2020 THERE WILL BE APPROX. 24 of e s u a lion r c l i e m b ct: ver 200 orted o a f d Sa de, o been ab i c r e gend irls have e parents g h baby oned in t ons. s d aban sion with s obse MILLION MEN ELIGIBLE TO BE MARRIED WITHOUT POSSIBILITY OF FINDING A SPOUSE IN CHINA. • AGED POPULATION • CURRENTLY, IF ONE OR BOTH PARENTS ARE ONLY CHILDREN YOU ARE ALLOWED 2 • CURRENTLY, IF THE FIRSTBORN IS A GIRL OR MENTALLY/PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO TRY FOR ANOTHER CHILD. • “LITTLE EMPERORS” • MINDSET THAT MALE>FEMALE • ALL RESOURCES POURED INTO SONS • SPOILED

FUTURE OF THE ONE CHILD POLICY • THERE ARE NO CURRENT PLANS TO RELAX OR RECALL THE ONE CHILD POLICY • A GOOD PORTION OF THE POPULATION STILL SUPPORTS AND FOLLOWS THE ONE CHILD POLICY