China Changes its One Child Policy

China Changes its One Child Policy

In what ways is China's newest population reform an example of another attempt at controlling the demographic make-up of the country?

China is now considering to lessen the harshness of the "One Child Policy", and allow couples to have two children in the future!! A few decades ago, the country was very strict on it's citizens, resulting into a controlled population, as what is was destined to be, but is going 'too far' as the years go on. The Chinese population now is starting to age, "by 2050, more than a quarter of the population will be over 65"(BBC). The population policy has been working to an extent that it is causing problems to the country, that's why China is considering to "relax" the population policy. There is an exception on the other hand, couples that are 'only child' people can have two children and in the countryside, the couple can only have a second child if their first child is a girl. They are trying to mend the gender imbalance as in the years past, couples would only favor boys because of their ability to work (BBC).