Transcript Figure 1. - BSHGCSEgeography

China: The one child policy
• To understand why the Chinese
government wanted to lower the
population
• To explain how the Chinese government
did this
• To evaluate if the policy was successfulhow does the policy affect people differently, what have they done to
make the policy more fair?
• To condense our work into 1 page!
Anti-natalist policies
discourage child birth by removing financial benefits
or imposing financial penalties on those couples who
have more than one child. Massive contraception
campaigns and adverts showing the benefits of
small families may be launched. Policies can be very
forceful and involve compulsory abortions and
sterilisation and, in China for example, public
denunciation and huge social pressure to have only
one child
Very
shocking
but real
pictures
to follow
Ignored on the
street
Left like
trash on the
road
Pedestrians
just walk on
by
Disposed of
in a
cardboard
box
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0u7_afmT-8
Advertising/Propaganda for
the Policy
Figure 2. Billboard in Hebei Province Promoting Girls.
The advertisement reads, "There's no difference between having a girl or a boy —
girls can also continue the family line."
English translation: One child, prosperous life
English translation: Up agricultural
production, down population
increase
English translation: The party calls for the partisan to set an example of having only
one child.
English translation: It's better to
marry and have children at a
mature age.
English translation: Control our
population at 1,200 million
'If I have one child it will be raised better. It will have more
opportunities, and my career is the most important thing. I really
want to excel at it.' Lu Zhufeng, a twenty year old medical
student. 1970's
Effects on Women in China
'Vigilantes abduct
pregnant women on
the streets and haul
them off, sometimes
handcuffed or trussed,
to abortion clinics.
(Some) aborted babies
cry when they are
born.' Steven Mosher,
author of 'Broken Earth'
which introduced the
west to the One-Child
Policy. 1980
The number of men is thought to outnumber women
in China by more than 60 million.
A shortage of females in rural China means brides
are often bought
Effects on Children
Little Emperor Syndrome
Obesity
Spoilt
High
expectations
from family
Little Emperors Syndrome
• parents often still perform basic tasks for
them:
– fixing their hair
– tying their shoes
– wiping their bottoms.
• “They’re impossible to discipline”
• “Parents have a hard time saying no”
Was the Policy a Success?
Figure 1. Total Fertility Rate (Mean Number of Children Born per Woman) in
China, 1969 to 2004.