Guide Note: China's One Child Policy is a controversial family planning policy introduced in 1979 by the government of the China. The policy is enforced to correct the overpopulation crisis in China, but also brings about a host of human rights issues.
Fast Facts:
- One child only in urban areas.
- One child in rural areas, exceptions if first is a girl or deformed.
- Possible second child should be spaced 3 or 4 years apart
- Boys preferred
- Male to Female Ratio: 117:100
- Benefits: population control, increased retirement savings, better pre-natal care
- Criticism: forced abortions, or 'selective abortion's', abandoned children, infanticide
