The Changing Population of China
- List Price: $66.95
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
- Publish date: 10/01/2000
Description:
In the last 25 years, the Chinese have conducted the greatest demographic experiment in human history. They have sought to curb the growth of their vast population by limiting each family to one child. Sanctions, which affect children and parents, are imposed on those who ignore the regulations. While helping to keep the population from spiraling out of control, the policy has also had unwanted consequences, including widespread female infanticide, an imbalance of males to females, and the loss of family kinship and old-age support networks.
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This book provides a background to the policy by introducing Chinese history, society, and geographical population distribution. The contributors then examine the relation between policy, culture, and population in the past and present, and project current trends into the future. The book's conclusion extrapolates these trends into longer-term population projections.
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