One-child policy - Forced abortion, infanticide and sex ratio imbalance

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The one-child policy is the limitation for parents to have only one child in the population control policy of China. It restricts married, urban couples to having only one child, but allow exemptions for several cases, such as parents having twins, rural couples, ethnic minorities, and parents without any siblings themselves. The policy is controversial both within and outside China because it has brought negative social consequences such as an increase in forced abortions, female infanticide, and underreporting of female births, as well as a possible cause behind China's gender imbalance...

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• Assisted by: Edward R. Miller-Jones (Editor), Edwar R Miller-Jones (Editor)
• Publisher: FastBook Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2012
• EAN: 9786130146153
• ISBN: 978-613-0-14615-3
• No. of pages: 132
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology