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What are the odds the band didn’t know this YMCA history …
China’s One-Child Policy had surprisingly little to do with lowering fertility rates, but it did lead to a severe imbalance in the sex ratio — with consequences that are likely to haunt the country for years.
From 1979 to 2015, China’s One-Child Policy was the world’s most stringent attempt at population control. Now, in the face of serious demographic challenges — including an aging population, a stubbornly low fertility rate, and a heavily skewed sex ratio —
the Chinese government has relaxed the policy to two children and is tentatively moving to end all birth restrictions. The immeasurable moral, ethical and human costs of the policy to the Chinese society over its 36 years of implementation are widely documented and beyond doubt
the Chinese government has relaxed the policy to two children and is tentatively moving to end all birth restrictions. The immeasurable moral, ethical and human costs of the policy to the Chinese society over its 36 years of implementation are widely documented and beyond doubt
Figures such as Kissinger and Rockefeller effectively signaled to Chinese leaders that population control was a prerequisite for accessing essential Western capital. In a desperate bid to translate this pressure into actionable policy, Song Jian turned to Malthusian concepts, ultimately culminating in a policy that heaped immense costs upon the Chinese people.
Deng Xiaoping never saw it coming; we aren’t even looking
