China's one child policy 17 Articles

by Jen Crawford

The population of the world has past 6 billion and is only going up. Although birth rates continue to increase globally, the rise has not been proportional between different regions. Among the diverse and numerous regions ...read more

by Karyn Campbell

I sat in my hotel room in Nanning, China, listening to the cry of a baby in the hallway. Unable to remain still, I was propelled through the doorway. To my right another American woman was rolling film of a Chinese toddl...read more

by Katie Johnson

Our world's rapidly increasing population is a difficult issue that we all face. China, being the most populated country in the world, has taken drastic measures to improve this situation. I wanted to take a closer look at...read more

by Nicole Du Plessis

China's One-Child Policy In 1979, China decided to implement a policy to try and change their demographic structure. This policy was called the One-Child Policy. Their main reason for implementing this policy the...read more

by Dai Bannen

In the 1970s, China realized that it's population was increasing at such a rapid pace, the government infrastructure could not keep up. Therefore, the government introduced a series of policies to restrict the number of c...read more

by Sunshine Simmons

Although China's 'One Child' law was put in place in 1979, it was made wors in 1994, when China's National People's Congress passed the Mother and Child Health Law. Under the law, China was allowed to prevent marriages an...read more

by Lyddi Greene

In 1979 communist China adopted a policy invading every single Chinese life- the One Child Policy. This was in response to their rapidly increasing population. Well, in 2007 they're finally beginning to understand just how...read more

by Dr. Stephen D.

It is unfortunate that so many have heard of China's one child policy, but that so few actually know what that policy is. Most will tell you without any hesitation that China does not allow couples to have more than one ch...read more

by Mary Tyrer

Having a government mandate how many children a married couple can have should not have been allowed. Telling a family how many children they are allowed to have is immoral. To dictate to such a law is cruel to so many. ...read more

by Lester Leroy

The one child policy that China's communist government has instituted has created several problems to be dealt with. This one child policy allows each couple to have a single son or daughter. Although this may seem lik...read more

by Stephen D. Wilson

Using American standards, this policy borders on the barbaric. However, looking at the history of China, both communist and pre-communist, it isn't so far fetched or for that matter, a point of debate. Modern Chinese cultu...read more

by Sally Wilton

I really had no opinion about China prior to my visit there last week. Having recently stayed in one of the most industrialized and polluted areas of the planet, Guanjou on the Eastern coast of China and close to Hong Kon...read more

by WordDesigner

One out of two Chinese births is female. A masculine first born can only carry the "Family Honor." Unfortunately, when a baby girl is born, this honor is undermined. As a result, in most cases, an immediate abortion is ...read more

by Susan Shells

Imagine being told you could only have one kid. If you didn't, imagine that child being aborted against your will. Then on top of it, you have to pay a fine. That is China. I don't think this is population control....read more

by Abdul Majeed Memon

THE ARYA'S: - The Arya Samaj is a reform movement and religious/social organization which was formally established in Bombay in 1875. It's patron saint is Maharishi Dayananda. By patron saint we mean to say that he was...read more

by Hoc Trinh

Army of 200,000,000 men. China is the world superpower. More than three billion people are in China, Pakistan, India and Southeast Asia. This area of the world now contains over one-half of worlds the population. Ch...read more

by Robert Rodriguez

The Reason for the one child policy is simply because they have too much kids and are forced to kill any other kids that may be born...plus most family want a male child which ironically comes back to haunt them in the f...read more