US EditionWhy Experts Question Whether China’s One-Child Policy Was Necessary in the First Place
China’s birth rate fell before the policy; coercive enforcement caused social issues and gender imbalance, with sterilizations dropping from 1.58 million in 2014 to 192,600 in 2020.
- Last year, China's birth rate fell to record lows and population declined for consecutive years, prompting experts and demographers to reassess the one‑child policy's necessity.
- Amid global concern about rapid growth, Chinese leadership saw population growth as a threat to development at the 1 billion milestone and encouraged smaller families since the 1970s.
- The one‑child policy enforcement regime used stiff fines, abortions and sterilizations, fostering a son preference and causing a gender imbalance in the one‑child generation.
- Authorities later scrapped the policy due to workforce concerns and aging, then eased child limits and used tax and subsidy changes to raise births, eventually allowing three children.
- Sterilization figures show procedures plunged to 2,600 men after policy easing, while one‑child cohorts now face caregiving and social pressures linked to anxiety, Yi Fuxian noted.
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Experts Question If China's One-Child Policy Was Needed At All
China's one-child policy, one of the harshest attempts at population control the world has seen, forced abortions on women, made sterilisation widespread and led to baby daughters being sold or even killed.
Why some in China are wondering if one-child policy was necessary
China's one-child law was one of the world’s severest attempts at population control. Women were forced to abort, sterilisation was widespread, and baby daughters were killed or sold – all in pursuit of the male child
Why experts first questioned whether China's one-child policy was necessary
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