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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
For decades, China had the "One Child Policy" in place. However, citizens were ethnically non-Han Chinese, or if they were sole children (and lived in certain provinces), or if they lived in certain rural areas, | For decades, China had the "One Child Policy" in place. However, citizens who were ethnically non-Han Chinese, or if they were sole children (and lived in certain provinces), or if they lived in certain rural areas, did not need to follow the policy. There were certainly many reported negative effects of this policy, including the gender disparity in births and preference of boys over girls, the difficulty in adoption, unregistered children, birth tourism, and the overall secrecy and financial difficulty suffered by families who had more than one child, among many other issues. However, the policy also helped improve the quality of life for many women in Chinese society, as well, many of whom held a lower status in the household and were unable to seek educational and work opportunities due to the pressure to bear and support many children.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-child_policy Wikipedia: One-child policy]</ref> | ||
When the policy was abolished in 2015, China did so because "they have too many men, too many old people, and too few young people. They have this huge crushing demographic crisis as a result of the one-child policy. And if people don’t start having more children, they’re going to have a vastly diminished workforce to support a huge aging population."<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/10/151030-china-one-child-policy-mei-fong/ How China’s One-Child Policy Backfired Disastrously]</ref> | When the policy was abolished in 2015, China did so because "they have too many men, too many old people, and too few young people. They have this huge crushing demographic crisis as a result of the one-child policy. And if people don’t start having more children, they’re going to have a vastly diminished workforce to support a huge aging population."<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/10/151030-china-one-child-policy-mei-fong/ How China’s One-Child Policy Backfired Disastrously]</ref> | ||