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During Mao's era, he believed national power equals to human power, thus population exploded in China. After the turmoils China had gone through during cultural revolution and great famine, Chinese government started this one-Child policy to control population and economy.
Nowadays, Chinese culture has changed due to this policy. Because the children born to this policy are the center of the families, this new generation is often referred to as "Little Emperor"---- the spoiled generation.It really makes me wonder if this spoiled generation will be able to carry the social responsibilities when their parents get old. Now, Chinese government is slowly loosening up the policy. Under the certain condition, a couple can have two kids, for example, if both of the couple are single child in their family. The fine for disobeying "One-Child" policy is dazzling, depending in the area, in most of the urban area, it's 3 times of the annual household income.
I've heard that there also in some cases have been forced abortions as an enforcement mechanism. Is there any truth to that? Its one of those things that you hear in the media that sounds unbelievable to the point of possibly being American cold war style propaganda. (Ha, an anti-abortion commercial just came on the TV as I'm writing this. God is angry!!!)