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| How China's One Child Policy came about. |
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| In 1979 after Mao's death, a one child policy was introduce to reduce China's population increase. |
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| What the policy said at that time. |
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| According to the a couple is allowed to have one child, but if that child is a girl they are allowed to try once more. After the second child they are not allowed to have any more. |
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| Who it actually applies to ? |
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| This policy actually only covers 35% of chinese mostly in urban areas. |
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| Pros of China's One Child Policy |
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- The population growth rate has decreased a lot in the cities.
- Helped pull people out of poverty
- The economy is becoming better.
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| Cons of the one child policy |
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