Chinas One Child Policy

Question 1

What was the policy?

Answer 1

Families in China were encouraged to only have one child

Question 2

Why was it introduced?

Answer 2

To slow down population growth and reach the replacement rate

Question 3

What are some of the successes of China’s one child policy?

Answer 3

Population would have been over 1.4 billion without it, better health care for pregnant women, a care for girls policy

Question 4

Any failures of the policy?

Answer 4

Population doubled in 30 years, no economic growth or social stabilities, female infanticide and gender imbalance

Question 5

Any impacts of the policy?

Answer 5

Harsh punishments for families with more than one child, forced abortions, bribery but free contraception was also offered, bare branches

Question 6

What are bare branches?

Answer 6

Men who don’t marry and this often occurred in China because there was a huge gender imbalance meaning most men couldn’t marry