Impacts of China Policy

Question 1

Through it’s policy, what has China created?

Answer 1

• A range of social and economic impacts

Question 2

What were the social impacts?

Answer 2

• A typical chinese boy today would have 2 parents and 4 grandparents to look after when they grow up
• Chinese society traditionally prefer boys, so baby girls are often abandoned

Question 3

What were the economic impacts of the policy?

Answer 3

• China’s population is ageing rapidly, so there will be increasing need for expensive health care as people get into old age
• It is believed that China’s growing population won’t have enough workers in the future to keep it expanding

Question 4

What has recently happened to the One Child Policy?

Answer 4

• It has been scrapped

Question 5

What is a negative impact?

Answer 5

• Baby girls often abandoned