One Child Policy

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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北京鸟巢

Beijing National Stadium, officially the National Stadium also known as the Bird's Nest is a stadium in Beijing, China. The stadium was designed for use throughout the 2008 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.

Located at the Olympic Green, the stadium cost US428 million. The design was awarded to a submission from the Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron in April 2003 after a bidding process that included 13 final submissions. The design, which originated from the study of Chinese ceramics, implemented steel beams in order to hide supports for the retractable roof; giving the stadium the appearance of a bird's nest. Leading Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was the artistic consultant on the project. The retractable roof was later removed from the design after inspiring the stadium's most recognizable aspect. Ground was broken on 24 December 2003 and the stadium officially opened on 28 June 2008. A shopping mall and a hotel are planned to be constructed to increase use of the stadium, which has had trouble attracting events,football and otherwise, after the Olympics.

The Great Wall Of China

The Great Wall of china is a very old stone wall built in china that is 5 people wide and 20 people high. It is 6400 km long and is built to protect the north of the empire of china from enemy attacks. The wall is the longest man made structure built and stretches from shanghai pass to lop nur. There were actually several walls built, with the first built at 5th century bc. The most famous wall was built between 200- 220 bc by the emperor of china, Qin shi huang. Many workers died during the making of the Great Wall and their bodies were buried under it. He decided to build the wall as some parts of china were easy to cross, hence making a wall will make it difficult for the xiongnu tribes, his enemy, to invade china. Many dynasties helped to extend and improve the Great Wall, especially during the Ming dynasty, where major rebuilding of the wall happened. They rebuilt the wall with bricks and stone instead of Earth

Tian An Men Incident Blogwork

The Tian An Men Incident took place on April 5, 1976 at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. Some people strongly disapproved of the removal of the displays of mourning for Premier Zhou Enlai, and began gathering in the Square to protest against the central authorities. This incident meant to me that the Chinese respected Premier Zhou Enlai alot and didn't want the Qing Ming festival to cause all their wreaths, flowers and poems for Premier Zhou to be removed.  The Qingming Festival is when Chinese people visit the graves or burial grounds of their ancestors. The festival originated from Hanshi Day (寒食节). Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks, joss paper accessories, and libations to the ancestors. They believe in giving offerings and praying to their ancestors. We can learn that we should fight for something we believe in and/ or think is unfair.

Si Min's Chingay reflection

In the past, I thought Chingay was just another boring show on television which would hog all the channels. However, when I went to Chingay personally, I perceived Chingay differently. The atmosphere during the celebration was really breathtaking. The interesting floats passed by, leaving me gasping at them. It was simply spectacular. Everybody was performing in harmony and union. There was not a bit of racial discrimination or segregation. I thought deeply. Singapore is indeed a place where racial harmony can take place in. In addition, I only found out that Chingay is parade to celebrate "元宵节", which is the end of Chinese New Year. If I have a chance to go help out or perform in Chingay, I will definitely participate!  

Swee Leng's Chingay Reflection

I never thought Chingay would be this fun before I went for it. Earlier, I thought that  Chingay was just people walking along a pathway and we are just audiences seeing them walk past, there's no excitement in it at all. However, it was the polar opposite and there was beautiful fireworks which lasted quite long. There was a variety of floats representing different cultures in Singapore! This made me feel proud to be in Singapore!