The Curse that keeps on giving - China's one child policy has a new twist...

SUBMAN1 · 04-25-09, 12:19 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/05/wo...ml?partner=rss

Crazy.

-S

Jimbuna · 04-25-09, 01:20 PM

Just goes to show how low a value the Chinese government put on the lives of their citizens.

A Very Super Market · 04-25-09, 07:48 PM

I don't think mass starvation from 6 babies per family (That was what was happening before) is a good alternative.

This seems to simply be a poor combination of different factors. China has too many people to govern properly, the extra population means that China has even less incentive to try hard to govern it properly, and China's government was not particularily attached to its people anyways.

Max2147 · 04-26-09, 07:08 PM

China, like a lot of places in the world, does have a legitimate overpopulation problem. The one-child policy is a good idea on the surface. The problem is that it doesn't mesh well with China's cultural norms.

bookworm_020 · 04-28-09, 02:13 AM

No matter what they did, there was going to be some fallout. The fact that it's getting so bad with the male / female ratio was something that wasn't thought about at the time.

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A Very Super Market The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Deep in the Wild Canadian suburbs. Posts: 1,468 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I don't think mass starvation from 6 babies per family (That was what was happening before) is a good alternative. This seems to simply be a poor combination of different factors. China has too many people to govern properly, the extra population means that China has even less incentive to try hard to govern it properly, and China's government was not particularily attached to its people anyways. __________________ The entire German garrison of Vanviken, right here in your thread!

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bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	No matter what they did, there was going to be some fallout. The fact that it's getting so bad with the male / female ratio was something that wasn't thought about at the time. __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

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Max2147 Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 714 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	China, like a lot of places in the world, does have a legitimate overpopulation problem. The one-child policy is a good idea on the surface. The problem is that it doesn't mesh well with China's cultural norms.