China’s one child family policy, which was first announced in 1979, has remained in place despite the extraordinary political and social changes that have occurred over the past two decades. It emerged from the belief that development would be compromised by rapid population growth and that the sheer size of China’s population together with its young age structure presented a unique challenge.
Everyone have different views regarding this one child policy issue, some may think is there are more disadvantages to advantages while some think the opposite. What the government sees is how this policy would allow them have a better control of county's population in the future.
Positive effects:
-Slow down the increasing trend in population
-Families will be more financially stable and parents could save some money for their
-Reduce the demand of natural resources
-Maintaining a steady labour rate
-Reducing unemployment caused from surplus labor
-Reducing the rate of exploitation
Negative effects:
-Cause an huge increase in rate of suicide of women
-The child will have a higher risk of being spoilt due to all of the attention given to them
-It would be tougher for the child to take care of their parents when they are old, and the child might even abandon them
-Leaves the older generations with increased chances of dependency on retirement funds or charity in order to receive support
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