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Explainer: What was China's one-child
policy?
29 October 2015
Summary of
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The one-child policy was introduced in
What was the A government
1979. The government policy limited many
one child policy
policy?
families to only one child, though introduced in
exceptions were made. The one-child 1979 to limit
policy is estimated by the Chinese couples to only
government to have prevented about having one
400m births since it began. child
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Title for paragraph: As China's population approached one Summary of
billion in the late 1970s, the government paragraph:
became concerned about what effect this
would have on its plans for economic
growth.
Although other family planning programs
had already been implemented, leaders
decided stronger action was needed. The
policy was introduced in 1979.
Paragraph 3:
Title for paragraph: The government generally enforced it by
providing financial and employment Summary of
paragraph:
rewards to those who obeyed. The policy
was more strictly implemented in urban
areas.
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Campaigners in China and elsewhere
argued the policy was a violation of human
rights and freedoms. Summary of
Title for paragraph: Rich families who could afford to pay fines paragraph:
were also able to get around the
restrictions.
The traditional preference for male children
together with the one-child policy led to
large numbers of girls being abandoned,
placed in orphanages, sex-selective
abortions or even cases of female
infanticide. China's gender balance is
skewed towards males as a result of this.
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Title for paragraph: Experts warn that China will be the first Summary of
economy to grow old before it gets rich paragraph:
largely due to the one-child policy. By
2050, more than a quarter of the
population will be over 65.
The country's fertility rate is one of the
lowest in the world and well below the rate
of 2.1 children per woman required to
replace the population across generations.
China's ageing population will slow down
the economy as the pool of young workers
decreases and the ratio between taxpayers
and pensioners continues to drop.
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Rights activists and campaigners point out Summary of
that the one-child policy has simply paragraph:
become a two-child policy, with China still
controlling women's rights.
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-
asia-china-34667551
