China's One Child Policy
Jakub Pospíšil
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The Beginning
●In the 1950´s China's population was around 400 million people
●In the 1980´s the population was 800 million
●The law  gained effect on the 1st of January 1980 - ended in 2015
●Why did the Chinese government came up with this policy?
○they were afraid that the government would not be able to pay pensions
○Government of the People's republic of China was also scared of the overpopulation in urban areas
and the inability to cope with it efficiently

The Ground Rules
●Every family can have a maximum of one child
●For every other child parents had to pay a huge fine, which they in most cases could not afford or
take yours kids life (abortion)
○murder of the second kid was not something extraordinary
●cultural ground rules
○Boy better than a girl
■he is a better and stronger worker
■he will carry on the family name
■that is why a lot of Chinese girls were put up for an adoption




Exceptions
●Twins, triplets
○using supplements to enhance the chance of having multiple babies at once as it did not count as
another baby
●in rural areas
○if your first kid was a girl you can have a second kid
○that appealed to farmers, fisherman and certain minorities (someone could even have 3 kids)
●in urban areas
○if both of the parents do not have any siblings, they were eligible to have two kids
○2012
●cities such as Bejing (1982) Shanghai (1990)
○people did not know about it to make a differnece

Bejing and Shanghaij - because of the olding population in the cities which are very importatnt to
the economy

Problems with the One Child Policy
●aging of the population
●less innovation
●dependence of parents and grandparents on the offsprings
○Family in China has always been the most
important and sacred
●stagnation of economy
○lots of family shops

FILIAL PIETY - a noun that describes loyalty and service to parents and other ancestors

Problems with the One Child Policy

FILIAL PIETY - a noun that describes loyalty and service to parents and other ancestors

Problems with the One Child Policy

FILIAL PIETY - a noun that describes loyalty and service to parents and other ancestors

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here we can see, how people are dyying less which means that children have a lot on their shoulders
inovation in medicine

●Girls were unwanted
●There is not enough women for the population of men, not enough women to have kids and to balance
the society




Aftermath






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