one-child policy

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policy
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɒl.ə.si/us
/ˈpɑː.lə.si/
a set of ideas or a plan of what to do in particular situations that has been agreed to officially by a group of people, a business organization, a government, or a ...
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The late 20th-century economic reforms and theone-childpolicyhave fundamentally reshaped the social context in which old age is experienced.
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Additionally, the old family system is breaking down, as each child will have two parents and four grandparents to support due to theone-childpolicy.
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Even after theone-childpolicywas implemented, most regions could not cope with the increasing number of married couples.
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Yet it is also the case that increasing attention paid to the issue of abandonment and the one-childpolicy, via books like this, is successfully drawing attention to the issue.
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Women who definitely want more than one child often intentionally try to violate theone-childpolicy, making every effort to hide their pregnancies in the hope of finally giving birth.
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Numerous reports surfaced of coercive measures used to achieve the desired results of theone-childpolicy.
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Soon the well-knownone-childpolicywas enforced, which came along with many incentives for parents to maintain a one-child family.
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However, he said that overall theone-childpolicywas a good thing.
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Ethnic minority families are exempted from theone-childpolicy, removing for ethnic minority populations one of the main reasons for child abandonment.
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Laws such as theone-childpolicyhave influenced the family structures and fertility patterns of married couples as well.
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Because of theirone-childpolicy, couples will selectively abort females until the desired male is conceived.
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Theone-childpolicywould also be relaxed, allowing two children per family where one parent is an only child.
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Theone-childpolicywas unique, however, in that it linked reproduction with economic cost or benefit.
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Instigated in 1978, theone-childpolicyhas created a generation known as singletons or little emperors ("xiao huangdi").
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Theone-childpolicystole the freedom the women have in deciding how to live their lives and in making their own decisions.
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Theone-childpolicywas designed from the outset to be a one-generation policy.
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In the letter they called for adjustments to be made to theone-childpolicyas soon as possible.
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Theone-childpolicyis resisted, particularly in rural areas, primarily because of the need for agricultural labour and a traditional preference for boys.
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Theone-childpolicywas a highly ambitious population control program.
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