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China's one child policy - Coggle Diagram
China's one child policy
Gender imbalance
60 million more males than females
More female abortions
Killing female children
Throwing away female children
Putting female children up for adoption
Male preference
Women married off
Not responsible for their families in the future
Men expected to take care of families in the future
Male children becoming more 'spoilt'
To reduce population growth
1950 (population growth) - 1.9%
Previous governments encouraged more kids
Believed to empower the country
More workers
Enforced rules + benefits
Forced abortions
High fines
Increased access to free education/healthcare
Granny Police
Elderly people who enforced the policy onto child-bearing couples
More contraceptives
Improved pensions
People secretly having children
Consequences for being caught
Less benefits
Fines / jail
Losing jobs
Forced abortions/sterilization
No official records for the child
Can't register for education
Can't get legally married
Can't get a job
Legally do not exist
Children given up for adoption
Children being trafficked