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China’s One Child Policy

China’s One Child Policy. Kyle Merth Tucker Blegen Nate Seefeldt. “A means of killing off the Chinese people without shedding blood” Mao Zedong. Purpose of Presentation. Inform audience on China’s one child policy Assess the social, political, and ethical implications

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China’s One Child Policy

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  1. China’s One Child Policy Kyle Merth Tucker Blegen Nate Seefeldt “A means of killing off the Chinese people without shedding blood” Mao Zedong

  2. Purpose of Presentation • Inform audience on China’s one child policy • Assess the social, political, and ethical implications • Raise consciousness of the earths future development

  3. History of the Policy • Policy was introduced by Chinese Government around 1979 • Chinese government officials wanted to control population growth • China’s population in 1979 was ~950 million • Government claims policy prevented 250-300 million births

  4. The One Child Policy • The policy limits family size, late marriage, and childbearing • Requires a permit of approval • Highly enforced in urban areas • Few exceptions of policy • Rewards/Incentives • Fines/Penalties • Second child usually allowed after 5 years

  5. Social Implications • “forced” abortions • More Invetrofertilizations • Extreme Gender Imbalances • Gender Specific Abortions • Aging population

  6. Political Implications • Negative reactions from foreign populous • China’s girls become “someone else's problem” • Undocumented Children • Reduction of total starving children

  7. Ethical Implications • Extreme amounts of abortions • Extreme governmental meddling in lives

  8. Statistics • Can be fined up to 10x the average income • Average income: $4,397 • Can be fired and lose their social status • Since policy began suicide is #1 cause of death in young women • 300,000 officials are used to enforce the policy • 708.8 million dollars a year is committed to birth control programs

  9. Future • Programs are being created to help end “gendercide” all over the world but specifically in China • Is this going to become a global problem where every country is limiting the amount of children families can have? • If gendercide continues will the imbalance between men and women continue to grow?

  10. Questions • With the Earths population growing, do you believe this method or similar methods are necessary? • Do the needs of the majority out weigh the needs of the individual/ do the ends justify the means? • Should this be viewed as an infringement on human rights by the Chinese Government? • What are your overall thoughts on this policy?

  11. Sources • http://www.allgirlsallowed.org/one-child-policy-statistics • http://www.allgirlsallowed.org/about/statistics • http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1912861,00.html • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlgYXaIdr7E&feature=related • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndWuq6AznmQ • http://factsanddetails.com/china.php?itemid=128&catid=4&subcatid=15 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIyenQ-njlQ • http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4708432.stm • http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8451289.stm • http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1265068/China-The-worlds-new-superpower-beginning-century-supremacy-alarming-surplus-males.html • http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/27000.html • http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/6966037/Chinese-gender-imbalance-will-leave-millions-of-men-without-wives.html • http://www.who.int/nutgrowthdb/estimates/en/ • Hesketh, Therese, and Zhu Wei Xing. "The Effect of China's One-Child Family Policy after 25 Years." The New England Journal of Medicine 353.1115 Sept. (2005): 1171-75. Web. 21 Nov. 2011. <http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/ 10.1056/NEJMhpr051833>.

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