Introduction

Imagine carrying a child inside of your womb full term, give birth, then have your child ripped away from your arms because you had a second child in a society that only allows couples to have one child.

History

Mao Zedong’s communist party ruled over  China in 1949, during this time the China’s population  had tripled the United States population, which stood at a steady 150 million people and China at over a half of billion people .  The communist party felt that a rapid growing population was an advantage over other countries in a belief that more people is equivalent to more power, after a century of wars. During this time China’s government encouraged  couples to be fruitful and produce  more children. Medical care benefits were reasonable at this time and couples did not hesitate to work on expanding their families. However by 1970, The “ More is Better” slogan backfired in China’s government face ,when China’s population hit 800 million.  This growth in the population shook China’s government causing the  promote a new slogan “late, long and few”, which urged couples to have no more than two children. Although the government suggested that China’s residents should not have more than two children, this suggestion did not out a halt to the increasing population.  

 When shit got unbearable and hit the fan China’s One Child Policy was introduced in 1979, by China’s former leader Deng Xiaoping, as a strategy to tackle China’s rapidly growing population. In a society where the population reached a  high peak of 970 million residents, Xiaoping felt it was imperative to  seek out necessary solutions to  combat poverty and cut the population in half, by limiting couples to only have one child. In 1950 before reaching up to the One Child Policy act there were major concerns about population growth ,especially during a time where the population outweighed food supplies, which caused food supplies to be rationed out. This policy was temporary plan put into effect  to improve the economy, but may have harmed the country decades later without realizing it. Listed below I listed both the advantages and disadvantages Of the One Child Policy act.  

ADVANTAGES

1.) Drastic Decline in unemployment rate

Since there were fewer children being born, and the baby boom was put to a halt, China’s workforce and labor had expanded. This means that there were more jobs available and fewer people. The unemployment rates were declining  drastically. According to a graph presented by the International money fund unemployment had declined in 1980 the unemployment rate was at a steady 4.9 percent , twenty years after the One Child Policy was in effect in the late 70’s the unemployment rate had dropped to 2.9 percent by 1995. In China, the minimum working age is sixteen years old, going back to when the policy was first put into effect to review the unemployment rates to nearly seventeen years later proves that, with fewer children entering the workforce there are more jobs available.

2.)Incentives for abiding by the One Child Policy Act.

  According to Tessa Berenson, a White House correspondent for Time Magazine wrote in an article there where incentives for Chinese couples that only had one child during the one child policy, such as; a certificate acknowledging that the couple only had one child, a monthly stipend, more paid time off, and interest free loans.

3.) Multiple Births were exempted

Yes! I know you all have wondered this. Although the one Child Policy act limited couples to only child, women who had multiple births, such as twins or more the policy was not enforced on these types families. Whew!

Disadvantages

1.) Penalties for those who did not follow the rules.

Since the One Child Policy act Chinese government showed that 336 million abortions and Sterilizations had been performed since the policy was enforced in the 1970’s .Lili Zeng  from Youshan Borough said that officials forced her to get an abortion at nine months in an interview conducted by women’s right without Frontiers president.  Zeng said that, when her son was born he was alive in her arms, where he later died because Chinese movement murdered him.

2.)Imbalance in Boy to Girl Ratio

In an extensive research conducted by Pew Reseach Center in 2015 proved that the boy-girl ration is 116 boys born for every 100 girls born, this ration is higher than the global ratio which is 107 boys for every 100 girls.

3.) Unregistered and Abandoned Children

Once firm penalties were enforced on couples who would have more than, this put fear in the population and cause most families to abandon children at over crowding foster homes. Families would also give birth at home to prevent from having to register their child to avoid facing steep fines and penalties.

Good bye One Child policy Hello Two Child Policy

Recent studies proved  that by the year of 2040, 24% of China would be over the age of sixty- five years old. These projections worried government officials because the country would be ageing out. The China then encouraged couples to have more children. So, the Two Child Policy introduced October, 2015 in efforts to clean up the One Child Policy.

Another look into The One Child Policy Act.

One Child Nation is a documentary directed by Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang two directors that was born at the time of China’s One Child Policy Act. This documentary enlighten its viewers about the inhumane horrors the Chinese face during these decades of horror.

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