Comments on: Do you think China is smart in limiting population growth?

By: Drixnot

Drixnot — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:40:59 +0000

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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By: meg

meg — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:15:59 +0000

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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By: HotKutie59

HotKutie59 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:55:59 +0000

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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By: scaerdrys

scaerdrys — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:05:59 +0000

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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By: idontknowiforgot

idontknowiforgot — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:38:59 +0000

well it hasnt really worked has it?
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