Comment 33163

By Faretheewell (anonymous) | Posted September 01, 2009 at 23:10:43

The interesting thing about China is that now that the policy is into its second generation, with one child policy children having their own children, it has had the side effect of greatly enhancing the value placed upon girl children. This is aside, of course from the dramatic change in emphasis from having many children to support you in your old age, to making sure that the child you do have is as economically advantaged as possible.

The result of restraints in population growth transforming the society in less than two generations from a generally poor, rural and economically backward nation, to a heavily urban, industrial nation and what is arguably the most powerful nation in the world, with the highest production of virtually every type of manufacture, the highest GDP in the world on a purchasing power parity basis, and swiftly buying vast quantities of mines and other natural resource production in other countries.

One can see that policies that reduce population growth in other high population countries may be feared and opposed in certain circles.

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