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Commies take control
Mao Zedong’s Communist Party took control of China in 1949. at this time China was the populated country of the planet. In total it had over three times more than that of the US. -
Can China feed itself?
Doubts began about China being able to continue to feed itself but Mao disagreed with this. -
Mao proved wrong
The popualtion continued to rise, taking a toll on Chinas food supply. by the time it came to the mid 1950's the government started to change their tune and decided to provide the country with contraceptives, developing voluntary birth control programs, and supporting abortion. -
The great leap forward
Mao attempted to rapidly convert China into a modern industrialized state only made matters worse. With a huge amount of workers moving from farming to factory work there was even less food than before. China was in trouble and unless this changed things were only going to get worse. -
Propeganda
The Government release Propeganda to try to discourage couples having a large amount of children. they used the slogan "Late, Long and Few" to promote it. -
The population still mushrooms...
Things do slowly get better. poeple were not starving but almost every item was in shortage items such as soap, cloth, eggs and sugar all had to be rationed. -
New leader
In 1956 Mao dies handing leadership to Deng Xiaoping, Deng plans to achieve what Mao never did, a richer Chinease economy. -
The one child policy was introduced
In 1956 Mao dies handing leadership to Deng Xiaoping, Deng plans to achieve what Mao never did, a richer Chinease economy. -
Economic growth
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It is set to continue
Despite rumors it is annonced that the one child poicy is set to continue for at least another decade. -
1989 - present day
between 1989 and the present day it is estimated that the one child policy has prevented over 250 billion births. -
More boys than girls
As people were only allowed one child many wanted a boy. they wanted a boy to pass on the family name and because of the Chinease tradition that once you get married the couple live with the boys family and care for them when they get old. Because of this there are now 120 boys for every 100 girls.
