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China considering one-child policy changes: Premier

2015-03-16

[Hurriyet Daily News] China is considering further changes to its family planning laws, Premier Li Keqiang said on March 15, after a relaxation in the "one child policy" failed to see significantly more babies being born.

The ruling Communist Party imposed strict rules in the late 1970s to limit population growth, with most urban couples restricted to a single offspring.
Hard to be a mighty world power when your population's dropping like a rock. Even changing the law isn't going to result in a great many more Heathen Chinee. They have birth control, too, and birth control countries are one or two child countries.
The often brutally enforced policy has been hugely controversial, but officials say it has been a key factor in China's rising prosperity. Now, though, it is leading to demographic problems including a rapidly ageing population and a shrinking labor force.

A relaxation in the regulations in late 2013, allowing couples to have two offspring if at least one parent was an only child, failed to see a marked increase in births.

Posted by:Fred

#3 That is not a family, Punky, it is a rookery!

Posted by: Alaska Paul 2015-03-16 15:25

#2 Cheaper by the Dozen - Pic of the Worlds largest family and they are ....Chinese ... go figure!

Posted by: Punky Flurong9390 2015-03-16 13:00

#1 In 1958, Chairman Mao determined that four creatures were unhygienic and needed to be eradicated. Three, flies, rats and mosquitos, are no brainers. The fourth, however, sparrows, needs an explanation. China had a long, sad history of famine by the early 1950s. It has been reported that prior to 1911, more than 1500 famines had been documented in China, and even after World War II, hunger was a constant problem for most of the populace.

Sparrows, which were often observed eating the seeds of grains that would otherwise feed people, were perceived as a threat – and a pest. According to unverified reports, the PRC had data that “each sparrow ate some 4.5 kilos – nearly ten pounds – of grain annually.” While efforts at exterminating the first three met with limited success, the campaign against sparrows more than achieved its goal. Perhaps this was because the entire nation was enlisted to help.

Using simple methods, such as banging pots and pans and shouting whenever the birds tried to land, the sparrow in China nearly went extinct.

It turns out that, unbeknownst to the bangers, shouters, beaters, knockers and shooters, sparrows are a natural predator of many insects that otherwise feast on grain crops. Among the insects preyed upon by these sparrows were locusts, which enjoyed swarming the country in a devastating plague over the next year as a result of the campaign. Combined with poor policies and drought, the resulting plague left China with insufficient food to feed its hungry populace.

Posted by: Pappy 2015-03-16 11:49

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