China's One Child Policy

Question 1

What was the population already at when Chairman Mao encouraged the population growth?

Answer 1

540 million

Question 2

When was the one child policy introduced?

Answer 2

1979

Question 3

Who introduced the one child policy?

Answer 3

Deng Xiaoping

Question 4

What is the current population of China?

Answer 4

1.3 billion

Question 5

What was the population expected to be by now had it not been for the one child policy?

Answer 5

1.8 billion

Question 6

Was the one child policy effective in reducing the growth of China’s population?

Answer 6

Yes, it reduced the population dramatically

Question 7

What did the fertility rate fall from to?

Answer 7

Fell from 5.7 to 2.9

Question 8

How many births were prevented?

Answer 8

400 million

Question 9

Why is the fact that there are less children a good thing?

Answer 9

They have better opportunity for education

Question 10

What incentives were provided for families who obliged with the one child policy?

Answer 10

Free healthcare, longer maternity leave, better pensions and education

Question 11

Why were boys preferred to girls when people had children?

Answer 11

The girls would marry into the husbands family so they would leave their parents unsupported in their old age

Question 12

Why was the one child policy the reason for the increase in forced abortion and female infanticide?

Answer 12

Baby girls were undesirable so they didn’t want to have a baby girl

Question 13

What is the gender imbalance in China?

Answer 13

Male : Female

4 : 1

Question 14

What is little emperor syndrome?

Answer 14

A child’s parents spoilt their child because they only had one child

Question 15

What did little emperor syndrome result in?

Answer 15

Increased amounts of child obesity

Question 16

Why is the one child policy a bad idea in regards to parents in their old age?

Answer 16

The older generation will have less people taking care of them in their old age as there is only one child per 2 parents and due to the increasing life expectancy they can expect to live even longer, which will strain the economy

Question 17

When were ultrasounds outlawed and why?

Answer 17

In 1994 because many women were having ultrasounds to see if their child was to be a girl, if so then they would usually abort it. Illegal ultrasounds was supposed to decrease the amount of abortions

Question 18

When did Susan greenhalgh and John bogaarts propose an alternative to the one child policy?

Answer 18

In 1985

Question 19

Who proposed an alternative to the one child policy in 2006 and what was it?

Answer 19

Wang Jeng proposed the 2 child policy

Question 20

Name 4 advantages to the two child policy

Answer 20

• meet the fertility desire of most couples
• help the severely ageing population
• reduce the gender imbalance as girls wouldn’t be aborted
• release the government from the burden of supporting an unpopular policy

Question 21

What were the exceptions to the one child policy?

Answer 21

• if you lived in rural areas, you needed more help on farms etc
• if your first born had a physical disability
• after 1980 if your first born was a girl you could have another baby
• could have 2 children if both parents came from a one child household/family

Question 22

What was the consequence if you had another child illegally?

Answer 22

The parents could keep the child but they were to be fined or arrested

Question 23

What was the minimum age for women to be married?

Answer 23

25 and with permission to be married from parents

Question 24

Why was the one child policy introduced?

Answer 24

In 1949, dictator leader of China, Chairman Mao, encouraged China to have lots of children to build up a super army. It was introduced to alleviate the increase in population

Question 25

How late would some parents leave it before aborting their girls?

Answer 25

Up to 38 weeks

Question 26

How long would American parents wait to adopt a Chinese baby girl?

Answer 26

Years whilst they are left abandoned in orphanages

Question 27

How many unmarried men are there in China?

Answer 27

24 million

Question 28

What does such a high rate of bachelors cause?

Answer 28

High crime rates

Question 29

Why did many men propose in such drastic ways?

Answer 29

So it was harder for girls to say no as there were so few girls to men and they didn’t want to live alone. Rich boys would pay lots of money to marry a girl