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Should the OneChild Policy Continue
The rationale for the onechild policy was based on the common belief in the late 1970s arable land was limited but the population kept growing So measures to control rocketing population growth were necessary
Is hunger inevitable in a country of a large population and relatively little arable land (plus China actually has extensive territory) Some people are choosing to neglect human beings' initiative and also economic features in the country's present industrial and information age There are so many other countries that have a far greater population density than China—and they either never bother to control their fertility rate or only practice loose measures But these countries still enjoy rapid economic growth and increasingly rising living standards Many of our Asian neighbors are good examples
Taiwan and Zhejiang are China's most densely populated provinces Nonetheless they boast the country's highest economic growth rates and best living conditions What's the secret here Apart from their diligence and wisdom they know how to make money in the rest of the country and the rest of the world
In the past three decades China's population kept growing under inertia but the country still
enjoyed rapid economic growth One important reason is that now we are blessed with a demographic dividend I've never heard of any other country in the world regarding its population as such a huge burden We know population is an important resource for a country's economic development It is the foundation of national strength and the backbone of a country's national defense
In Europe for example during the past half century economic education and cultural progress has helped slow down population growth—in a way nature is conducting selfadjustment We've already seen this tendency in China with more and more young couples refusing to have a baby resulting in more double income no kid families So we don't need to feel too worried about China's population growth
Continuation necessary
Huang Hongxiang () Given China's current resource supplies we have to stick to the national policy of family planning that is one child for one couple Any policy will bring both positive and negative effects and thus what we need to do is to limit the side effects of the onechild policy to a minimum The current family planning policy was worked out in the late 1970s and needs to be updated to suit the present situation
Couples that have only one child have actually made a contribution to China's sustainable development and environmental protection They should be granted certain compensations for their sacrifices
In Beijing the biggest problem facing urban onechild families is healthcare Almost 65 percent of them are plagued by this problem followed by other problems such as pensions employment education and housing To help onechild families these are the priorities
The current preferential policy toward onechild families is subsidization Each of the couple now receives 5 to 10 yuan (074147) a month (it differs in different provinces) This was a high subsidy in the late 1970s and early 1980s when the average monthly salary was below 100 yuan (1471) But it's nothing nowadays when the percapita annual income in Beijing is already
16000 yuan (2353)
Is it possible for us to adjust the current subsidy policy Is it possible for the state to input more to provide social security to onechild families especially in backward rural areas so as to alleviate their desire to have more children
Is it possible for the state to provide health insurance for every single child For onechild families the biggest worry is that their only child might get ill and even die If their children are covered by proper health insurance the parents' worries will be removedIs it possible to provide the parents with endowment insurance Traditionally it is believed that the elderly depend on their sons for living particularly in rural areas where many parents of a single daughter are left without care in their late years That's why many people insist on having a son although they've already had several daughters If they are provided with endowment insurance they will no longer feel worried about being left without care and will not have more children If the national budget is unable to cover all rural areas at least it should embrace those backward central and western regions where excessive unplanned births and unbalanced gender ratio mainly occur
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China Daily
Good people can no longer stay silent
By mariame (chinadailycomcn)
Updated 20100415 1358
Peng Baoquan a sane man from Shiyan in Hubei province was sent to a mental hospital by local police after he took pictures of petitioners This issue has largely aroused people's attentions A netizen called mariame at the forum of chinadailycomcn expressed her view on it
Do you think that the local police have the medical qualification to judge whether a citizen is insane Are police entitled to send a citizen to a mental hospital at will If so do ordinary people have any sense of security
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people but the appalling silence of the good people
This quote from Martin Luther King Jr has spread quickly over the last few days linked to the story of a man from Hubei province who was forcibly committed to a mental hospital
After taking photos of petitioners Peng Baoquan from Shiyan was first sent to the local police station and hours later to a mental hospital
Earlier this year Chen Yonggang another Hubei man was detained by police for questioning online the extravagant spending of Yunxi county in Shiyan city
Peng soon came to Chen's aid He contacted Zhang Hongfeng a renowned blogger and Zhang's posting caught the attention of the Chinese media After succumbing to pressure from the press the Public Security Bureau of Shiyan city freed Chen
The logic of power couldn't be simpler While Peng is mentally ill he can no longer take photos or aid others but only be silenced
Mental hospitals or detention centers are to the powerful both places that can silence protesters But in this Internetbased society the silent masses have their own language that can be spread And it's already been proved that the forces trying to shut the people up cannot succeed The reason the powerful want to force silence is that the good are no longer silent
Link
httpbbschinadailycomcnviewthreadphptid665364&fpage1&highlight2Bmariame
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