China

Question 1

Cause (China)

Population in 1970s

Answer 1

Nearing 1 billion (Around 820 million in 1970)

Question 2

OVERALL (China)

What is the case study on?

Answer 2

A country with a policy to control its population

Question 3

Cause (China)

What had previous governments done?

Answer 3

Encouraged larger families to increase workforce

Question 4

Cause (China)

What was the Chinese Government worried would happen again?

Answer 4

Another famine (link to Great Chinese Famine in early 1960s when 35 million people starved)

Question 5

Overall (China)

When was the One Child Policy introduced?

Answer 5

1979

Question 6

How it was controlled - incentives (China)

Reward Based (4 things)

Answer 6

• Free education + healthcare for families with one child
• Priority to healthcare + housing
• Preferential employment opportunities
• Pension benefits

Question 7

How was it controlled - deterrents (China)

Punishment Based (6 things)

Answer 7

• Huge fines
• Loss of job + house
• Social stigma/alienation
• Social surveillance/reporting -> Granny Police (older women who would check on couples and make sure they used contraception, etc.)
• Forced sterlisation + abortions
• Families had to pay for health care and education for all children (even first child)

Question 8

Was it successful - Successes (China)

Successes (2 things)

Answer 8

• Birth rate has fallen (Population growth is 0.2%)
• Prevented 300 million babies from being born

Question 9

Was it successful - Failures (China)

Failures (4 things) ((PLUS REMEMBER STATISTICS))

Answer 9

• Left China with an ageing population (about 22% of population is over 60) -> which will put a financial strain on healthcare system
• Gender imbalance
• Female infanticide -> in 2000, 90% of all aborted foetuses were female (in China)
• Population aged between 20 - 24 will drop by half between 2010 - 2020 -> smaller workforce

Question 10

OVERALL (China)

What are the overall? (1 thing)

Answer 10

• When it was introduced

Question 11

OVERALL (China)

What are the causes? (3 things)

Answer 11

• Population in the 1970s
• Previous Chinese government encourage larger families
• Chinese government was worried of more famines

Question 12

OVERALL (China)

How was it controlled? (2 things)

Answer 12

• Incentives (4 things)
• Punishments (6 things)

Question 13

OVERALL - End of Things (China)

Was it succesful?

Answer 13

• Successes (2 things)
• Failures (4 things)

Question 14

Overall? (China)

Were there any exceptions?

Answer 14

• Minority People
• Farmers
• Those who were handicapped