china was at billion years ago now they are at 1.3 that is pretty good for a developing country
I mean the rate of change
You can have more then one kid if you can afford it in china — you have to pay the tax — and i think it is quite substantial
Yes, what some people don’t realize is that the people in China took a nice long look at the numbers and faced up to the fact that they would not have enough food and water.
If they had not put the population controls into place that .3 billion population growth would be tripled or more.
Lets put it into perspective.
.3 billion is more then the population of the United States
So where do you get the food and water for that many people? And make note of the point in China’s development at the time these laws were passed. China had no industrial base to speak of, they were not importing and making a profit back then.
Starvation was a very real possibility for them and mothers used to use the phrase "there are children starving in China so eat your ________ and be thankful" instead of today’s mothers using Africa.
add – I guess someone prefers famine to birth control
March 8th, 2010 at 2:38 am
well it hasnt really worked has it?
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March 8th, 2010 at 3:05 am
The only thing that China has accomplished is:
1. A growing gender gap..pretty soon, Chinese men will flee the country for women.
2. A huge population of "invisible" girls who are not recognized, educated, employed, or protected by the Chinese government…remember, the only numbers you have are the ones that the Chinese government reports to the UN. China grossly undereported the instances of AIDS in the country until they were in desperate need of Foreign Aid to help them. The next years UN report showed a 30% increase in AIDS in the Chinese population.
3. A burgening older population in need of support by a dwindling smaller younger population.
4. A vast intrusion into the reproductive rights of its people.
Peace
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March 8th, 2010 at 3:55 am
Well, I think there is some wisdom as to what they are trying to do.
Some people do not realize that only a third of China is like this.
I do not like the forced sterilizations. I feel that if someone wants to go beyond their quota, they should be able to show financially that they can do it. (And be allowed to)
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March 8th, 2010 at 4:15 am
China population is near the limit of what they can feed and if the have large food shortages they are too big to be saved by foreign aid so it was a choice between limiting growth or facing famine conditions in the future. The fertility rate is less than 2.1 which is replacement level and their population will begin to decline in a few decades,
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March 8th, 2010 at 4:40 am
Yes, what some people don’t realize is that the people in China took a nice long look at the numbers and faced up to the fact that they would not have enough food and water.
If they had not put the population controls into place that .3 billion population growth would be tripled or more.
Lets put it into perspective.
.3 billion is more then the population of the United States
So where do you get the food and water for that many people? And make note of the point in China’s development at the time these laws were passed. China had no industrial base to speak of, they were not importing and making a profit back then.
Starvation was a very real possibility for them and mothers used to use the phrase "there are children starving in China so eat your ________ and be thankful" instead of today’s mothers using Africa.
add – I guess someone prefers famine to birth control
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