CHINA POPULATION CRISIS

CONFUCIANISM

• Created by Confucius in 551-479 B.C.
• Everyone has a spot on the social pyramid
• Ideas on preserving the culture of the Chinese
• 4 orders of society & 5 relationships
• Women had a lot of children until they had a boy

BEGINNING OF POVERTY

• Confucian Ideas had fathers pass down farm to children
• Farms got smaller and smaller
• Eventually could not support a family
• Families were left in dust with no source of food
• Poverty line in China went up from this point on

END OF CONFUCIANISM

• Faded ~1905
• Government began to realize the problem they faced
• No one took action until 1979,so population kept gropwing
• The Govt. introduced the One Child Policy
• At this point china had 20% or world's pop. on 7% of the land

ONE CHILD POLICY

• Strict way to get families to have only one child
• Couples signed document to ensure payment for one child
• Affected mostly rural areas because of poverty
• More wealthy families paid fine that other families could not
• Most families hated this policy

AFFECTS OF POLICY

• In 1950's-1960's births per woman (b/w) was 5.6
• Early 21st century the b/w was 1.4
• Median age rose from 19 to 35
• Population over 60 doubled
• China's pop. still continued to rise at a fast, natural rate

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30 YEARS LATER

• 2008 huge earthquake devastes china
• Thousands of school children dead
• One Child Policy relaxed
• 2009 compromise
• 2013 compromise, which still exists today

LIST OF SOURCES (PICTURES)

• Picture: http://djcadchina.wordpress.com/2012/03/20/one-child-policy-in-china-past-p...

LIST OF SOURCES (INFO.)

• Information 1: NY Times One Child Policy
• Information 2: Global Issues In Context Detroit, http://find.galegroup.com/gic/infomark.do?&source=gale&idigest=003cdad854f3...