1. China’s One Child Policy

2. What is China’s One-Child Policy An attempt to decrease and stabilize the Chinese population.

3. How many people live in China?

5. What does the typical Chinese family look like? Core Family

6. Why should China adopt this policy? Decrease poverty and starvation levels Increase the standard of living Help the economy

7. 30 Years Ago... The fertility rate was 2.9 children per woman.

8. Today... The fertility rate is 1.7

9. How is the policy implemented? “Late, long, few” 1970s

10. How is the policy implemented? Urban—1 Child Rural—2 Children if 1 st born is female

11. How is the policy implemented? Everyone is responsible for practicing family planning and contraceptive methods.

12. Controversy? Large # of elderly, decreasing # of young workers, and inadequate social welfare system. ▫Who’s going to help the old people?

13. Controversy? Human rights violations—female infanticide Discrimination against women Right to reproduce? Gender imbalance

14. Assignment Create a family portrait.