One-child policy in China is used to limited the population in China. Although, it plays an important role in preventing the population increased rapidly, it also brings a lot of negative impact. Because of the developing of the medical, people have been longevity than before. Therefore, the older generation is a large part of population. However, the policy only limited the population of younger generation, so that as the younger generation become less and less, a lot of job opportunities required healthy young people cannot be fulfilled. Due to the lack of young generation, many fields are still keeping the convention idea, so the adventurous thinking of younger generation is needed by the society. Although there is always a reason that the traditional thinking existed for such long time, people still need to have some changes base on the traditional thinking in order to make a better thinking. As the time goes by, people need to more progress. This progress is brought by the younger generation who has their own point of view which could bring huge difference to this world. However, the birth control only limited the population of new born instead of the older generation which brings unbalanced between younger generation and older generation. Also because of the gender role of the society, people always valued boys more than girl. Due to the one-child policy, many family are more willing to have a boy instead of a girl. Through many way, they achieved their willing. But their action led to the unbalance of gender in Chinese society. Many man will not have their life partner when they should marry. As the women population decreased, the birth rate are also decreased, which are falling into a cycle that the older generation became more and more, and the serious consequences of it. Therefore, although the one-child policy prevent the population from growth rapid, it still brings a serious of consequence that have a huge impact in society.
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I think the one-child policy in Chine is cruel, parents abort the second child in order to protect their job position. However, we cannot say those parents are wrong since they need to take responsibility to their first child and their families, without jobs they cannot afford anything. Moreover, since most of the family only has one child, the child has lot of pressure to take care all the elder in the family, and the fact that there is more elder generation than younger generation breaks the balance in the society. Chinese government should think about a good solution to solve this problem.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I agree that the One-Child Policy does has negative impact on China's society, it is undeniable that it aids in the economic and social growth of China in the past few decades. With the unusually high increase in population, the society is very likely to become unstable and riotous. One-Child Policy allows China to develop with its controlled population and strengthen its power in the world. Yes, this policy does hinder human rights. That is also why the Chinese government is working on to be less strict on this policy.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting post! I do agree that it is unethical to control how many children a family may have. However, like Sylan, I also see the benefits it can have. But one thing I did find especially interesting is how gender plays a role into this. I had known from past ROSE projects that boys were valued more in families but I did not realize that that caused an unequal gender ratio. But it does make sense!
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ReplyDeleteAngela, is China's one-child policy talked about much in China? What happens if families have more than one child?
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