Unit 1 - China - Anti-natalist Flashcards
1
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Where is China located?
A
- east Asia
2
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What is the population of China?
A
- 1.4 billion
3
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What is the population density of China?
A
- 145 people/km2
4
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What is the birth rate in China?
A
- 1.62
5
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What is the death rate in China?
A
- 7.06
6
Q
What is the population growth rate in China?
A
- 0.59%
7
Q
What is the life expectancy in China?
A
- 77 years
8
Q
What is the one-child policy?
A
- birth planning program → designed to control the size of China’s population
9
Q
What are the rewards if you comply with the one-child policy?
A
- a “one-child certificate”,
- an extra month’s salary every year until the child is 14
- higher wages
- interest-free loans
- retirement funds
- cheap fertiliser
- better housing
- better health care
- priority in school enrolment
- women that marry late (after 25) have an extended maternity leave
10
Q
What are the fines if you don’t obide with the one-child policy?
A
- $370-$12800 (if the couple can’t pay, they may lose their jobs, their land and livestock confiscated, their home destroyed, their children denied the rights and benefits of the state like education, their child taken away, women forced to be sterilised, forced abortion if illegal pregnancy)
11
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What were the successes of the one-child policy?
A
- birth rate went from 30% to 10%
- population increase rate went from 40% to 11%
- economy improved from poverty and famine to the best economy in the world
12
Q
What were the failures of the one-child policy?
A
- spoiled children, as couples know it will be their only one
- unregistered children
- violation of basic human right
13
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What were the consequences of the one-child policy?
A
- balance between young and old people is tipped
- favouritism for men is growing → increasing gender inequality
- rise in prostitution
- lack of fertile women
14
Q
What is an anti-natalist policy?
A
- a scheme or law that a government may adopt in order to control their population by decreasing the birth rates
