1.3 Billion People: A Weighty Responsibility. Lu Rucai and Zheng Zhenzhen.
by Rucai, Lu; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 12Environment. Publisher: China Today, 2005ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Birth control -- China | China -- Forecasting | China -- Population | China -- Population policy | China -- Social life and customs | Labor supply -- China | Older people -- China | Pensions -- ChinaDDC classification: 050 Summary: "A sample survey of the 2004 population increase released by the State Statistics Bureau shows that by the end of 2004 the total population of the Chinese mainland was 1.29988 billion, and that it was increasing by 208,000 people per day. According to this data, on January 6, 2005, China's population (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) reached 1.3 billion." (CHINA TODAY) This article examines the effectiveness of China's controversial "family planning policy...'one child per couple'" in curbing population growth and addresses the social and economic challenges posed by the country's aging population and gender imbalance.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: 1.3 Billion People: A Weighty Responsibility, April 2005; pp. 10-18.
"A sample survey of the 2004 population increase released by the State Statistics Bureau shows that by the end of 2004 the total population of the Chinese mainland was 1.29988 billion, and that it was increasing by 208,000 people per day. According to this data, on January 6, 2005, China's population (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) reached 1.3 billion." (CHINA TODAY) This article examines the effectiveness of China's controversial "family planning policy...'one child per couple'" in curbing population growth and addresses the social and economic challenges posed by the country's aging population and gender imbalance.
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