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Assignment:

China's one-child policy is perhaps the best known attempt at population control. Use the following resources to:

1. Gather and organize information about the policy and its consequences.
2. Interpret and analyze the advantages and disadvantages of this policy and also the intended and unintended impacts.
3. Draw your conclusion about this government population policy for controlling population growth and assess the impacts. Below are some resources to get you started, however, do look for resources on your own as well.

Britannica: One-child Policy Chinese Government Program

Economist: No tears for the enforcers

BBC China to end one-child policy and allow two (Article and video)

National Geographic See How the One-Child Policy Changed China

• Globe and mail The ghost children: In the wake of China's one-child policy

Please also answer the following questions:

1. Should countries be allowed to have population control policies?
2. Are the consequences of pro- or anti-natalist policies worth the intended benefits?

Consider:

• The global population and the stress it places on our natural resources and global commons.
• Reasons countries implement pro-natalist national population policies.
• Reasons countries implement anti-natalist national population policies.

Ask yourself:

• Is population control a human rights violation?
• Should any country be able to have a pro-natalist policy which will ultimately impact and draw down our global commons?
• Is controlling population growth a matter for a country or for the world and therefore, should we have just one world population policy?