China's Population Problem
The Chinese government has taken the enforcement of family planning and birthrate laws to an extreme by violating the civil rights of its citizens, which has had bad effects on the morale of its people (Whyte 161). China's population has grown to such an enormous size that it has become a problem to both the people and government. China, the most populous country in the world, has an estimated population of about one thousand-one hundred-thirty three point six million (Hsu 1). Ninety-four percent of the population thrives in the eastern half of China, which composes about forty-three percent of China's total area (Hsu 1). The eastern half of China contains its most populous cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Tianjin. However these cities have a low fertility rate due to recent bandwagons of birth control. The average density in the eastern half of China averages around two-hundred and thirty-six people per square kilometer, whereas the density in the west half averages around ten point six people per square kilometer (Hsu 1). Current enforcement of Chinese laws prevents migration between provinces without proper authorization, as the citizens in the west half of China have a desire to live in a more ur
The recent laws imposed on the people of China include the "One child per family law"(Hsu 2). This law began to be enforced in nineteen-seventy-nine, so that the government might achieve its goal of reducing the rate of natural increase to five per thousand by nineteen-eighty-five, and to zero by the year two-thousand(Hsu 2). The immense population had become straining on the economy and resources (Linden 1). Migration to less populous areas of China became restricted so that the government might be able to control the population more effectively and easily (Hsu 4). Currently, the "one child per family" law still exist, but it has become more flexible, in that it allows a second child but with a longer interval between the first (Hsu 2). Through the health service programs across China, birth control pills, inter uterine devices, condoms, diaphragms , foams, and jellies had been distributed in a matter of time (C.Q.W.R. 1). The government made life easier for those who chose to obey this law by offering incentives such aspaid maternity leave, time off for breast feeding, free child care, free contraceptives, and paid time off for abortions and sterilization (Ehrlich 205). Other rewards for obeying this law and not exceeding the limit included better housing and educational opportunities for their children (Ehrlich 205). Doctors "volunteered" their services to sterilize couples who had finished childbearing, and doctors also provided free abortions at local clinics and hospitals (Ehrlich 205). However the government has encountered resistance in rural areas and this has led to many abuses, and one of the reasons why the government has performed many coerced abortions and sterilizations (C.Q.W.R. 1). 5. Whyte, Martin King, Urban Life in Contemporary China, The University of 1. "
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