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Posted on 08/27/2007 7:07:15 PM PDT by monomaniac
By Elizabeth O'Brien
BEIJING, August 274, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - China's one child policy, which has heavily skewed the ratio of young people to retirees, is placing an increasingly heavy burden on the next generation of workers, the BBC reports.
In the State's "ideal" family, the only son will have to support six people in his adult years: his own parents, his mother's parents and his father's parents. As the traditional family structure begins to suffer, the number of people in the work force is decreasing. "It's very difficult," factory manager William Wang told the BBC, "and it's getting more and more difficult. Now there are a lot more factories and fewer workers because of the one-child policy. Costs are going up. It's not looking good."
The ranks of elderly people are steadily increasing, however, and within the next few decades, China will be taking care of 400 million elderly people, the BBC reports. As a result, elderly care businesses and senior homes are having a steady influx of clients. The San He home in Beijing, for example, used to be a primary school, but was remodeled to accommodate senior citizens.
The manager of the home, Wang Shuyuan, stated, "I used to work as the head teacher of the kindergarten, and now I'm in charge of the old people's home. He said, "Because of the one-child policy there are fewer children in China. So, many schools are changing into old people's homes. It's very common now."
According to the Guardian Unlimited, the State claimed that its population control policies have prevented 400 million births since the 1979 when the restrictions were first introduced into the country. The government's one-child policy, oftentimes implemented through forced sterilization and abortion, has created an unprecedented problem in the work force that is causing more and more concern in society.
In 2004 Zhang Weiqing, National Population and Family Planning Commission Minister, predicted that the increasing disproportion between seniors and working people would eventually have serious effects on China's retirement system. He noted, "The aging problem is much more severe in the country's rural areas than in urban areas, which challenges the establishment of a health insurance system and social security system for the elderly."
In 1999 there were 10 workers for every senior in China. The number is predicted to drop sharply to six workers per retiree by 2020 and fall again to three workers for every retired person by 2050 (See http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2004/may/04051107.html).
Read related LifeSiteNews coverage:
China's One-Child Policy to Cripple Chinese Economy
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2004/feb/04021806.html
Forced Abortion Still Part of China's Population Control Regime says US Human Rights Report
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/mar/05030107.html
UNFPA Supports Coercive Family Planning-Including Forced Abortion in China
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2001/oct/011005c.html
Soylent Green is people.
With few females in China ... I wouldn’t want to be a female ... this could get ulgy for them.
With few females in China ... I wouldn’t want to be a female ... this could get ulgy for them.
With few females in China ... I wouldn’t want to be a female ... this could get ulgy for them.
With few females in China ... I wouldn’t want to be a female ... this could get ulgy for them.
Those with connections have as many children as they want and pay the fines.
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Well, I’ve got to ask since you stated it so many times: How ulgy will it get?
Well, if it’s not obvious ...
some clues ...
If the lopsided ratio does not improve, Chinese society will suffer a rise in prostitution, wife kidnapping and other forms of sexual violence against women-abuses that have already grown within the country. Some predict that the situation will also lead to increased militancy and terrorism in China
(See http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2005/dec/05120602.html).
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/aug/07082708.html
Adding to this problem is the fact that most of the unmarried men are in rural areas. Women don’t want to marry Chinese peasants, they want to move to the towns. This could cause food shortages as well as growing disparity between the urban wealthy and the rural poor.
China may grow old before it grows rich.
Sorry, I understand the problem really well. I was poking fun at your multiple postings and spelling.
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Yeah, need to use spell checker more often.
Getting sloppy in my old age.
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Thanks for taking it in the spirit it was intended and I agree with your conclusion on increased vice and militarism as likely outcomes.
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My young daughter calls me an “old dino”.
At times I truly don’t relate to out of control people in the news. I’m from another era ... and I’m thankful that I still have old fashioned values.
I look at the Britney Spears types and wonder why they even mention them on the news ... well heeled tramps ... and if I flashed without underwear on, I’d be arrested for indecent exposure. It’s a battle out there to raise kids right. None the less we are determined to have conservative kids - socially and fiscally - even if it kills us - ;) Take care.
My understanding is the fines are like the equivalent of five years salary....
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