China's One Child Policy Dbq Analysis

China’s one child policy was very controversial. Many people use it as an excuse to why there are some social issues , they say it was the cause of a social imbalance, and it caused a decrease in the youth population, but this policy had many benefits and it helped solve the main problem that china had. This nation’s population was increasing rapidly, and they did not have enough resources to support it . The one child policy helped China get out of its crisis which therefore makes it a good idea, but however there were some disadvantages. China had a rapidly increasing population which was a problem during the time because they barely had enough resources to provide for their people. To prevent what could have become and overpopulation disaster, the government decided to pass the one child policy. According to Jonathan Watts in Document C, the population control “kept the sulfur dioxide emission down by 17.6% and [reduced] water pollution by 30.8%” which was a blessing to their environment. Not only did the one child policy help with the environment, but without it people would “have a third less land and a quarter less forest.” (Watts, Document C). …show more content…
A women named Xiao Xuan says “I used to cut myself on my wrists after being yelled at by my mom and dad... I hate to say it but the one-child policy should partly be blamed for some social issues of youth today.” (Document F). This statement can be argued because there are many other children who had different yet wonderful experiences as the only child. Even though 58% of 7,000 chinese only children admitted to feeling lonely, a “chinese research finds advantages to being an only child: they tend to score higher on intelligence tests and are better at making friends” (Lim Document

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