Research on China's population. The name of article is Chinas days of one-child only may be ending which was written by Jane Macarthney. It was published in The Weekend Australia, March 20-21, 2010.

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The name of article is ‘China’s days of one-child only may be ending’ which was written by Jane Macarthney. It was published in The Weekend Australia, March 20-21, 2010. Macarthney got the information from the Southern Weekend newspaper in Guangzhou and also from some government officers. The main topic of this article is the experiment with the two children policy conducted in Yicheng, China.

The Chinese government implemented two children policy in Yicheng which is southwest of the capital, 25 years ago in order to see whether there would be population explosion. The reason for choosing Yicheng is that it is a typical farming. The people with certain conditions can have maximum two children. However, the test had some strict rules such as men in Yicheng cannot marry until they are 25; women should not before 23 year-old. Additionally, the gap between first child and second kid has to more than 6 months; otherwise, the couples need to face 1200yuan fine.

As a result, according to a government official said, in 2000, the population in Yicheng was 310,000 is a little higher than the government prediction. A doctor pointed out that some people in the country still want to have one child. The famers prefer to have two children in order to share the farmwork or other work. However, in town such as Shanghai, government encourages couples who are both sole children to have two children, only a fewer number of people prefer to have two children.

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After the experiment, author stressed that the notional imbalance birth rate between male and female is 118 male to 100 female, the ratio in Yicheng is 106 male to 100 female. The ratio in Yicheng is lower than the notional average. Some people conducted that the population explosion wouldn’t happen even the family is allowed to have second child. The cost of raising children is expensive. The youths in China are willing to have one child than two.

To sum up, the one child policy in China is not necessary to keep implementing. The public have already ...

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