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The Washington Post’s article “China’s one-child policy led to my adoption — and a more privileged life” was an insightful article about how the one-child policy in China has contributed to the adoption process. The article is written by Ricki Mudd and it tells her story of her childhood and her reunion with her birth parents after being put up for adoption due to the one-child policy. Mudd’s story is not uncommon among Chinese girls. Mudd was the first-born child in her family, but she was not a male; her parents did not want to give her up but they also wanted a son. After attempting to hide her for several years, Mudd was taken away and put up for adoption. Mudd shares how the lifestyle she grew up with in her adopted home greatly differed from how she may have grown up in China, which she examined after spending time in China with her birth parents and biological brother. And in the end, she concludes she was fortunate to grow up in a more privileged society and at the same time she was able to remain in contact with her birth family. …show more content…

Mudd was an exception to the typical story of Chinese children affected by the one-child policy. In an outstanding number of cases, girls had it worse due to the perception that boys were superior as they carried on the family name and were capable of taking care of the parents in the long run. This means that girls were neglected, and in some cases killed during or after birth, due to the limit of one child. This gender preference was not something that developed with the one-child policy in China, it has been around for ages; I would argue it is probably a reason that China became so populous in the first place as families continued to grow until they had the desired number of

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A lot of the people who lived on the farms relied on their children to do most of the farm work for them. Also a lot of the factories that were in China needed all of the people to have a job there and manufacture all of China’s trade. So, if the population decreased because of this policy than China would not have as many goods to trade with other countries. Therefore, the one child policy was not good for the people of China because of the decrease in people to work in the factories, and a decrease in population.

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The question is, is this a good or bad policy that was placed upon China. China’s policy was a good idea because the children are the center of attention, it eases the pressure on the environment, and the children get a better education. The children in China are the center of attention in their family. “A.J. Song, 23, is the only child in his family…”

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CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE 1. China's one child policy was a policy implemented in 1979 and was completely unnecessary. This policy was enforced by Mao Zedong, whose idea was originally to increase China's population. Due to China overpopulating, Mao created the idea which is known as the "one child policy". This policy controlled China's population, but also created lots of negative effects and issues such as additional effect on fertility rate, rise of sex ratio at birth, and cause of mental and social issues for children.

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The one child policy in China was a bad policy because the fertility rates started dropping before the policy, the amount of emotional damage it put on families, and how much only children suffered. The one-child policy was a bad idea because of the impacts on the before and after of the fertility rates. In document B we read that, "China had already achieved a remarkable fertility reduction, halving the number of children per woman from 5.8 in 1970 to 2.7 in 1979," (Document B). This policy is unnecessary because the fertility rates are already dropping naturally.

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