China's One Child Policy
China’s One Child Policy; Impacts on the Society, the Economy, and the People.
By
David Goheen
Due:
December 14, 2007
Executive Summary
During the years before the implementation of the One Child Policy, the leaders of China were involved in wars, a great leap forward, and an industrial revolution. In the last twenty five years China’s One Child Policy has affected the country in every way one can imagine. This paper will attempt to explore the major ways the policy has affected the people of China socially, and how the economy has reacted with the change. A brief history on the traditional views of Chinese families, before the policy’s implementation, is outlined ahead of the policy’s background. This is to illustrate where the people of China are coming from, socially and culturally. I hope to convey that this policy has forcefully stolen the Chinese citizens’ basic human right to reproduce and has hurt them physically and emotionally. However, statistically and economically the policy has been a success up to this point. The early psychological status of China’s children with no siblings is looked at to try to understand their mental capabilities of dealing with the pressure of having to be successful.
Major flaws that were overlooked could spell disaster for this aging population in the future. The policy has created prosperity for the country, but has also left its citizens suffering. China is now looked at as having a low birth rate, a low death rate, and a low growth rate. The pros and cons of the One Child Policy are given, along with the country’s economic information, to give an overall perspective.
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I. Executive Summary…………………………..……….. 2
II. Traditional View…………………………………..…….. 4
III. Policy Background………………………………………....
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