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    The one child policy in China has led to several unintended consequences that have impacted Chinese society. It exacerbated the unbalanced sex ratios as parents preferred boys and aborted female fetuses. This has led to a shortage of girls and by 2020 there will be 30 million more men than women of marrying age. The policy also contributed to rising divorce rates as couples focused more on careers than family after having only one child. Finally, the policy accelerated population aging as each married couple must care for four parents without the support of siblings. While the policy has been replaced, its impacts will affect Chinese society for decades to come.

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    The one child policy in China has led to several unintended consequences that have impacted Chinese society. It exacerbated the unbalanced sex ratios as parents preferred boys and aborted female fetuses. This has led to a shortage of girls and by 2020 there will be 30 million more men than women of marrying age. The policy also contributed to rising divorce rates as couples focused more on careers than family after having only one child. Finally, the policy accelerated population aging as each married couple must care for four parents without the support of siblings. While the policy has been replaced, its impacts will affect Chinese society for decades to come.

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    The one child policy in China has led to several unintended consequences that have impacted Chinese society. It exacerbated the unbalanced sex ratios as parents preferred boys and aborted female fetuses. This has led to a shortage of girls and by 2020 there will be 30 million more men than women of marrying age. The policy also contributed to rising divorce rates as couples focused more on careers than family after having only one child. Finally, the policy accelerated population aging as each married couple must care for four parents without the support of siblings. While the policy has been replaced, its impacts will affect Chinese society for decades to come.

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    The one child per family policy in China influences society

    These days more and more Chinese study abroad.

    When they

    introduce themselves, they always say that they are the only one child in
    their family. Its hard to believe it for the foreigners who normally have
    at least one sibling. Actually, the one child policy has been one of the
    largest and most dramatic population-control campaigns in the world,
    receiving both praise and sharp evaluation over the past quarter of a
    century. Several unintended consequences of the one child policy have
    had an impact on the Chinese society: the unbalanced sex ratios, the high
    divorce rate and the acceleration of population aging.
    One effect is the one child policy aggravates the unbalanced sex
    ratios. Chinese parents traditionally favor boys over girls because they
    consider boy a valuable resource for the reason that boys could earn
    money for the family and take care of parents in their old age. So when
    Chinese parents were allowed to have only one child by the law, they
    wish to have a boy instead of a girl. At that time, it was prevalent that
    doctors were told to end a pregnancy when the fetus showed signs of
    being female. The consequence is that now the China is experiencing the
    shortage of girls. The gender ratio at birth is still dangerously high, with
    115.88 boys born to every 100 girls in 2014. the official Xinhua news
    agency reported. By 2020, the National State Population and Family
    Planning Commission projects that in China, males of marrying age will
    outnumber females by at least 30 million. (Powell.B)
    Another problem is the rising divorce rate.

    Strengthened by

    Confucianism ideology and administrative measures, the Chinese

    institution of marriage has had a stable structure, evidenced by very low


    divorce rates. Before 1979 Chinas divorce rates were below 5 divorces
    per 100 marriages. Since 1980s, Chinas divorce rates increased from 5%
    in 1979 to 13.7% in 2001 (MCA2013). The one child policy has had
    some influence on divorce rates in combination with other social changes.
    By having only one child this released young couples from additional
    child bearing and rearing burdens, and allowed them to devote more time
    and energy pursuing their careers and avocations.

    Consequently, the

    bonds of marriage are loosening in urban areas. When there is a conflict


    of interest between wives and husbands, divorce becomes an option.
    Finally, the one child policy leads to the acceleration of population
    aging. The increased aging of Chinas population is a product of the
    implementation of one child policy. A young married couple has to take
    care of four parents without help from siblings. When the adult child has
    health or aging problems of his or her own, services and support from the
    larger society will be required.
    The one child policy has been replaced last year though the impacts
    on the society will last for decades. Current advantages to small families
    are even more built into other developing social and economic changes
    and are supportive in the future of small families(Settles.B). The future
    of Chinas families will need to include more formal supports for broad
    based education, health, old age care, and continued emphasis on the
    opening of opportunities in rural as well as urban situations.

    References:

    1. SETTLES,B. THE ONE CHILD POLICY AND ITS IMPACT ON CHINESE


    FAMILIES, DELAWARE UNIVERSITY, 2008 PRINT.
    2.P O W E L L , B . G E N D E R I M B A L A N C E : H O W C H I N A ' S O N E - C H I L D
    L AW B A C K F I R E D O N M E N . Newsweek.com 2015 .Web. 22 May 2016.
    3. POWELL, T. M. THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF THE ONE CHILD POLICY ON
    THE CHINESE SOCIETY . G eorgetown universtity, 2010.Print.
    4. Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Peoples Republic of China. Mca.gov.cn 2014.Web.
    26 May 2016.
    5. XINHUA CHINA FACES GENDER IMBALANCE . News.cn 2015.Web.22 May
    2016

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