Why does China has an ageing population

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What does china has an ageing population?

What are the causes and consequences of this?

China, the second larges country in the world, is facing a serious problem --- ageing population. Before 1979, when Mao was the chairman of China, he persuaded women to have lots of babies in order to finish his plan – the Great Leap Forward. This is the start of the ageing population in China.

In January 1958, Mao launched the second five year plan known as the Great Leap Forward. Mao wanted China to become a world power. He wanted to catch up with the west by ending Chinese dependence upon agriculture. His aim was to catch up with UK in the industry products in ten years time and with America in 15 years time. In order to do this, he will need lots of peasants but many of them die during this progress. This is why Mao encouraged women to have lots of children. In the DTM, the birth rate at stage 2 and 3 are both very high and this is due to requirement of Mao. China's population base increased "only" by another 100,000,000 on top of its 432,000,000 base. The magnitude of China total population increase so much that even the People's Republic of China found it hard to support.

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This is when One Child Policy (ICP) came in to control the over growing population. ICP is the  policy of the government of the  (PRC). When Deng Xiao Ping took over the power at 1978, he realized the overpopulation is a roadblock to economic development and also the death rate will increase due to the lack of food and water, then he came out with the ICP idea. In general, this policy is very successful because the birth rate has been reduced gradually starting at the middle of stage 3 in the DTM. The 1982 fertility survey shows the ...

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