{"id":57,"date":"2009-09-30T08:45:44","date_gmt":"2009-09-30T14:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opengecko.com\/geography\/2009\/09\/30\/chinas-demographic-transition-and-its-population-policy\/"},"modified":"2009-10-04T00:25:35","modified_gmt":"2009-10-04T06:25:35","slug":"chinas-demographic-transition-and-its-population-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opengecko.com\/geckoview\/geography\/chinas-demographic-transition-and-its-population-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"China’s Demographic Transition and its Population Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A population pyramid (or age sex structure) often tells a story. Detective Discussion points:<\/p>\n

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  1. What are the unusual features of the above age-sex structure? <\/li>\n
  2. Can you suggest possible reasons? <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So how might this story look if we plotted the birth rates and death rates on the same line graph, over time \u2013 in other words China’s actual demographic transition. <\/p>\n

    Click the thumbnail below to see the graph in full (source unknown).<\/p>\n

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    The extreme demographic events of 1958-1961 can be understood by viewing the following 5 minute clip:<\/p>\n

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    Interested the discussion points above? Read more details at the following excellent page by geographyfieldwork.com:<\/p>\n

    China: Demographic Transition<\/a><\/p>\n

    The One Child Policy<\/h2>\n

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    The next steps of this learning activity concerns the well-known one-child population policy first introduced in 1979. You can follow the activities on the following link from here:<\/p>\n

    Population Policies at geographyalltheway.com<\/a><\/p>\n

    To gain more understanding of the impact of the population policy you can watch this ten minute video:<\/p>\n

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    The main things to be aware of are:<\/p>\n

    1) Why was the policy introduced?<\/p>\n

    2) How did the policy work?<\/p>\n

    3) What were the successes of the policy?<\/p>\n

    4) What were the problems with the policy?<\/p>\n

    Some other websites can help here. As always, reference any sites you refer to.<\/p>\n

    Wikipedia on the One Child Policy<\/a><\/p>\n

    geography.about.com on China’s One Child Policy<\/a><\/p>\n

    BBC News Article asks Has China’s one-child policy worked?<\/a><\/p>\n

     Time.com on China’s One-Child Policy<\/a><\/p>\n

    Very recent news at time of writing this post:<\/p>\n

    MailOnline has an article called ‘One-child China is a success, says Labour aide Adair Turner’<\/a><\/p>\n

    Any Google search for key words china one child will reveal masses of information. Always try to be aware of bias in the websites you access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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