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AnonymousThe closing statements in this article are very interesting: "'History will look back to see the one-child policy as one of the most glaring policy mistakes that China has made in its modern history.' Wang said the one-child policy was ineffective and unnecessary, since China's fertility rates were already slowing by the 1980s." I wonder what will be said in the future on the shift towards the 2-child policy and if/when China will get rid of their childbearing policies?
AnonymousThank you for sharing this informative article. This is definitely a current event article that students could have a lively discussion with. One quote I found particularly interesting from this article was where the author states "Researchers say the graying population will burden health care and social services, and the world's largest economy will struggle to maintain its growth." This statement is huge given the China dominates right now, and it would be hard to imagine them not continuing the economic growth they are currently having. How would this affect other nations? Especially the US? My other wondering is what type of government incentives will they give to help alleviate the health care and social services that may suffer, and as Kriztian mentioned previously, if they will lax on the childbearing policies or continue to take a stand on this issue? Only time will tell. But unfortunately, they are running out of time.
AnonymousThank you for sharing this article.
I agree with the Human Rights group Amnesty International that this policy is "not enough." The one child policy has been the source of grief to millions of families in China. Woman who have died due to botched abortions and little girls who have been put up for adoption because families want a male heir. The one child policy will continue to have a huge effect on the Chinese people as noted in the article, because of the aging population. As China is making its way up as a full industrial and modern country I am interested to see how this aging population will effect the future of its development.
AnonymousSomething that's intriguing is what will happen in a couple of generations once the full effect of the one child policy is felt by the aging population. In Europe there have been mass migrations of younger people to fill the gap of voluntary low birthrates. I suspect that China will not have such migration, and being a national policy, the rural population will see a similar gap. The migration from rural to urban will probably mitigate the effect for a couple of decades but will probably not fix the population gap. There was a news story about the spike in the stock value of companies which specialize in child products after the change in policy. Would there be a spike in companies which specialize in elder care in 30 years? And if so, who would run them?
AnonymousThank you for sharing the article. My students are always inquiring about this. I am always interested in issues of public health. I really do wonder what the effects of this will be. The one child policy reminds me of the time in the United States where eugenics carried weight and the federal government provided funding for states for increased numbers or sterilization. Unfortunately, in East LA doctors sterilized women without their permission all the way until the 1970s! Most of these women were Mexican mothers. What a shame.
Rob_Hugo@PortNWThe attached article covers the final approval of the two child policy:
http://cnnphilippines.com/world/2015/12/28/china-two-child-policy-aging-population.html
As was discussed in class, this is probably a step towards eliminated child restrictions all together. This will be a good point of discussion with my students; they're familiar with the one child policy.