June 8th, 2007
China - Community
Start thinking about the community aspects of the China mission. Find a relevant web page, discuss your expectations, post!
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In 1979, China was home to a quarter of the world’s people, who were occupying just 7 percent of world’s arable land. Two thirds of the population were under the age of 30 years, and the baby boomers of the 1950s and 1960s were entering their reproductive years. The government saw strict population containment as essential to economic reform and to an improvement in living standards. So the one-child family policy was introduced.
The effects of the policy after 25 years shows evidence of slowing population growth, but also unfortunately reveals a high sex ratio(more boys than girls), an increasing number of elderly people, and an increased risks associated with avoidance of medical care by women with unapproved pregnancies.
Do you think it is time for China to reconsider the one-child policy?
What concerns does China face with its population these days?
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/353/11/1171
July 2nd, 2007 at 9:37 pmi hope there will be possums in china
July 23rd, 2007 at 12:53 pmWhy possums, Hannah? Aren’t you interested in seeing new things. Does China have animals similar to possums? You only every seem to hear about China’s pandas.
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:25 pmAutsralian animals have to deal with drought and the invasion of foreign species brought by the settlers. What threatens the animals of Asia?
Have a look at the following websites to find out what’s there and about some of the issues that face these animals.
http://www.natureproducts.net/Animals/animals.html
http://www.animalsasia.org/
Forgot to mention Hannah - I think animal issues are best in the environment thread rather than the community thread.
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:30 pmI heard that the one-child policy had changed and that if you have a girl as your first child you can have another. I’m expecting the orphanage we go to to be filled with girls. Am i expecting correctly?
July 30th, 2007 at 3:00 pmyes, I think you are “expecting correctly” Lachy, I heard that as well
July 30th, 2007 at 3:02 pmthankyou swinja for confirming that. I think it’s pretty bad that china had to introduce the one-child policy in the first place
July 30th, 2007 at 3:09 pmthis is the site for the centre that we will visit. if any-one wants it.
September 6th, 2007 at 4:45 pmLots of countries have policies to address the population ‘explosion’ eg: Indonesia has ‘2 is enough’ ie, to replace the mother and father.
September 11th, 2007 at 12:09 pmChina’s policy has changed where if you are a single child then you can have more - but most families choose just to have one as that is what they are used to.
Girls do get abandoned more often than boys b/c they don’t carry on the family name and they can’t always contribute to the income for the family by doing hard labour type jobs.
That is very interesting burke, its a tough life for girls and guys should appreciate it =D
September 12th, 2007 at 11:04 amI am working with Street Kids in Baoji, China and would like to comment on the number of male admissions we have at our rehabilitation centre. Boys make up 85% of our admissions and at first I was shocked to think that this was the situation as “Boys” are seen to be the “princes” of the chinese society.
However many boys find their way here through referrals from the concerned public or the police as these kids have been “Left Behind” by the migrant popluation of impoverished farmers who move to the cities to find work. There ages range from 6 years to 18yrs. These kids may be sent away by their elderly grandparents to beg for money, or wander away from their villages to seek employment or steal for survival.
The females are forced to leave school to assist at home, often sold for marriage, prostitution or to work in factories or beg to survive. When they are strong enough to escape from these situations, homeless, they may find themselves in the hands of the authorities who refer them to government centres for vagrants.
Xinxing Aid for Street Kids is the first and only Chinese NGO open 24hours for these kids. We offer rehabilitation through family mediation, medical, psychological and educational activities and hopefully return them to their families or train them for employment. The number of admissions has more than trebled in the past year. For more information visit our website.
November 13th, 2007 at 4:31 pm