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    China recently changed its one-child policy to allow all couples to have two children instead of just one. The one-child policy had been in effect since 1979 in an attempt to slow China's rapidly growing population, and is estimated to have prevented 400 million additional births. Couples who violated the one-child policy faced punishments like fines, loss of employment, and forced abortions. However, some provinces had begun reducing punishments due to their harshness. The policy change to two children was made due to concerns about China's aging population, as around 30% of China's 1.36 billion people are over 50 years old. Some critics argue the two-child policy does not do enough to boost birth rates.

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    China recently changed its one-child policy to allow all couples to have two children instead of just one. The one-child policy had been in effect since 1979 in an attempt to slow China's rapidly growing population, and is estimated to have prevented 400 million additional births. Couples who violated the one-child policy faced punishments like fines, loss of employment, and forced abortions. However, some provinces had begun reducing punishments due to their harshness. The policy change to two children was made due to concerns about China's aging population, as around 30% of China's 1.36 billion people are over 50 years old. Some critics argue the two-child policy does not do enough to boost birth rates.

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    China recently changed its one-child policy to allow all couples to have two children instead of just one. The one-child policy had been in effect since 1979 in an attempt to slow China's rapidly growing population, and is estimated to have prevented 400 million additional births. Couples who violated the one-child policy faced punishments like fines, loss of employment, and forced abortions. However, some provinces had begun reducing punishments due to their harshness. The policy change to two children was made due to concerns about China's aging population, as around 30% of China's 1.36 billion people are over 50 years old. Some critics argue the two-child policy does not do enough to boost birth rates.

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    China recently changed its one-child policy to allow all couples to have two children instead of just one. The one-child policy had been in effect since 1979 in an attempt to slow China's rapidly growing population, and is estimated to have prevented 400 million additional births. Couples who violated the one-child policy faced punishments like fines, loss of employment, and forced abortions. However, some provinces had begun reducing punishments due to their harshness. The policy change to two children was made due to concerns about China's aging population, as around 30% of China's 1.36 billion people are over 50 years old. Some critics argue the two-child policy does not do enough to boost birth rates.

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    Daugherty 1

    Owen Daugherty
    Mr. Fronk
    Honors World Geography
    1/25/16
    Chinas One Child Policy Ends
    Section One
    This article talks about how China recently allowed couples to have two children instead
    of just one. This policy has been in effect since 1979 to slow the used-to-be rapidly growing
    population. An estimate shows that this policy alone could have prevented 400 million more
    births. Some punishments for not following the initial policy include fines, loss of employment,
    and abortions. Even though this policy is very strict, some provinces in China have been toning
    down the punishments because of how harsh they are. The Chinese government has recently
    created a new solution to the rapidly growing population. The new policy of two children per
    couple is designed to improve a balanced growth of population since about 30% of the
    population is over 50. This is a lot of people because the population of the country is about 1.36
    billion. Some critics say that this policy is still not enough because it does not boost the birth
    rate enough.
    Section Two
    This article has some similarities with our notes in a couple places. When talking about
    the penalties that can be given for violating the One-Child policy, it says, Couples who violated
    the one-child policy faced a variety of punishments, from fines and the loss of employment to
    forced abortions (BBC News). Our note packet called Chinas One-Child Policy to End
    Reading and Questions says that, Local officials resorted to abortion, heavy fines, and forced
    sterilization. These two notes include two of the same punishments, fines and forced abortion.
    The article also talks about Chinas aging population, saying, concerns at Chinas ageing
    population led to pressure for change, talking about why China changed the policy to two
    children per couple (BBC News).

    Daugherty 2
    We talked about this in class and in our notes about how the extremely aged population will not
    be balanced out if the One-Child Policy was not changed.
    Section Three
    I think that the policy could still be raised to a Three-Child Policy. I have made this
    determination by looking at how things have been going and at what experts predict certain
    variables impacts will be on the country. While I think there should be a policy because before
    the policy was made the population was growing way too fast, I do not think it should be as
    small as two children per couple. Many poorer families need their kids as a source of income,
    and the newborns will eventually be the leaders and economic producers for the country. This
    will also help to balance the large amount of older people in the population. The country has
    been extremely productive in the past, and I think that a Three-Child Policy would be able to
    further advance their technology and economy for the future.

    Daugherty 3
    Works Cited
    "China to End One-child Policy and Allow Two - BBC News." BBC News. N.p., n.d. Web. 02
    Feb. 2016.

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