Mao Zedong, one of the most influential leaders in Chinese history, once said that, “Of all the things in the world, people are the most precious.” One of the biggest problems that he faced was the growing population of China. At first, he discouraged birth control, but when the growth rate was growing astronomically, Mao introduced “Late, Long and Few.” When even this was not slowing down the population growth, China implemented a one-child policy. It allowed for the Chinese population to have one child, and was far more harmful than beneficial to China.
So, if they could only have one child, then they preferred a boy and that caused problems. First, babies that were innocent in the whole situation were left to die or live a miserable hungry life just because men were more desirable and secondly there weren’t enough women for men. To reproduce, there needs to be men and women, but if there aren’t enough women reproduction doesn’t
About 50 states have populations fewer than one million. Even though Singapore may be small, it has a considerable amount of international influence. China has been struggling with their large population issue, but has had “dramatic economic growth”. Western Europeans and North American countries are only having one to three percent growth annually, whereas China is experiencing seven to ten percent. There is no ideal population for a certain country in the world.
It is within the international domain that China is first rising in the realism of global power. The economy is getting better by the day with impressive gross domestic product (GDP), the per capita income is also on its upward trend, while the military power is getting robust and resilient with every administration. The number of expatriates is increasing making growth be realized. More importantly, it is the technological advancement that China is sightseeing. This positive changes in China poise China to be one of the first growing countries that can rise to the levels of superpowers such as The United States of America.
As China has become an increasingly important part of the global trading system over the past two decades, interest in the country and its international economic policies has increased among international economists who are not China specialists. Over time some countries change how they live and what they do on a day to day basis. China making up most of the Earth’s population has changed drastically over time. They have been through many policies and have changed their economy many times over the years. They have been the largest economy for the last two thousand years with their ups and downs along the way.
Between 2010 and 2025 global population will grow by more than 1.1 billion people. ( United Nation 2013). According to (Mckinsey Global Institute), the greatest population growth is predicted to be registered in developing countries, while in the developed countries population will remain relatively stable. High rates of population growth rate are expected, firstly, in India, which is predicted to become the world’s most populous country by 2020. Explosive population growth is also forecasted for the African countries as a result of improvement in socio- economic conditions and quality of medical services.
China is not a completely urbanized country and each city shows own patterns of development. Continuous GDP rise of around ten percent per annum transformed China into an economic giant in the last two decades. Chinese rural inhabitants migrated in big flows in the cities in the search for a better living for them and their families. Chinese GDP per capita rose tenfold in only a few decades. However, the negative impact of the unplanned, fast urbanization went at the expense of its economy, society and environment.
This policy’s intention was to reduce the population of China considerably, by only allowing one child per family, yet this policy not only has resulted in social changes, but the identities of the single children have been vastly influenced, compared to single children in western culture’s. With over 90% of Chinese children being an only child, this has significantly contributed to their micro socialisation processes, due to their interactions predominantly being with other only-children. Moreover, the interview with a generation Y participant states, ‘I think it’s the fact that western culture’s, there’s a choice whereas in Asian countries such as China it is dictated more to them, therefore influences the perception.’ Due to China’s one child policy being enforced, it can be noted that the expectations of a non-western only child are raised higher, compared to a western only child that may have ‘looser’ micro and meso expectations from families. In sequence, the effect of China’s one child policy has resulted in the rise of non-western children with ‘Little Emperor Syndrome’, ‘a generation of pampered and entitled children who believe they sit at the center of the social universe because that’s exactly how they’ve been treated’.
Birth-rate is a primary concern in China, so in 1978 as a means to control population, the government implemented the “one-child policy,” however, this came with problems as with the rising desire for male children. Neglect for female children grew, and in 2013, the Chinese government became more lenient on the
Poverty - is a huge problem in the world. Countries all over the world are trying to decrease poverty rate. Between 1981-2004, China took off more than 600 million people out of poverty (China Poverty Reduction, 2010). China’s poverty overall has gone down because of government investments into an economy, which resulted in rapid growth and urbanization. Chinese government implemented series of social programs in order to sustain rapid economic growth.
China’s rise as a global power is filled with vulnerability and insecurity. In the book China’s Search for Security, Nathan and Scobell believe that China’s path to become an influential global power like the US is a steep uphill climb. Not only China’s geopolitical location comes as both advantage and disadvantage, China’s rise is a new form of power that is unfamiliar to the West and the rest of the world. I think Nathan and Scobell presented thorough arguments that are realistic and fact-based. Their arguments equally consist Chinese and American perspective, that explains China’s rise and the changes that are likely to come with it.
Real Estate Literature Assignment 1A Summary article “Rapid urbanization in China: A real challenge to soil protection and food security” (Chen, 2007) Abstract: By researching the last two decades of accelerated economic growth and urbanization boom in China, the author points out that accelerated urban development has led to a decrease in the quality of the soil and also the shortage of agricultural land. China is now faced with one of its greatest challenges: sustaining the economic growth and urban development while finding ways to protect the bio environment and assuring enough agricultural land in order to feed its people.
Population education is a study programme designed to help people understand the nature, causes, and consequences of population events by analyzing population situations at family level, community, nation, and the world at large. In this perspective; a) Elucidate on how rapid population growth is affecting the quality of life by categorizing the repercussions in each of the following aspects; i) Economic life Economic development is closely correlated with urbanization. No country has ever reached high income levels with low urbanization thus rich countries are urban countries. Population growth increases density and, together with rural-urban migration, creates higher urban cluster.
Therefore, from the point of view of international standards, they lived in absolute poverty. Net income of 1.5 million to 3 million yuan in 1990, had about 3.5% of the peasants, but in 1995, almost 37%, in 2000 - 42.8%, in 2003 - 40.7%. In accordance with the Chinese criterion of "absolute poverty", total poor population decreased to nearly 24 million people. Its share in the total population has declined over the 20 years from 14.8% to 2.5%, or more than 100 million people. According to the same criterion, the UN, the number of poor people in China exceeds 200 million people.
Introduction Since China opened its door in 1978, its economy has gone through tremendous change. There should be no doubt that the Reform and Opening-up Policy marked the start of China in the journey of developing into a powerful modern state. Most eminently, its GDP has risen from less than $150 billion in 1978 to $8,227 billion in 2012. During this burgeoning economic development, more than 600 million people have escaped poverty. For a state with vast territory and large population like China, these are indeed marvelous achievements.
