2/8/13 1:35 p.m.
"Arrests over China baby's death in one-child policy row"
As many of you know China has a major population issue particularly in its urban areas. This has been a problem because although china is a fairly large country much of it land is uninhabitable due to its mountainous landscape. This leaves a small part of the massive country to house the over 1.3 billion occupants. Being under a communist rule China's officials created a one-child-policy which limits families in urban areas to having only one child, families in rural areas to have two only if the first was female. The consequences of violating this law are to pay fines and be punished by not receiving bonuses etc. There have been speculations about infanticide and selective abortions that are mentioned in this article. The question is how far is the government willing to enforce this policy and this article may just be a gruesome answer to this question.This article covers the death of a 13-month old baby who was a family's third child. Apparently government officials were trying to persuade these parents to pay the fines they owed for breaking to this law or be taken away. During this struggle the child was dropped and the local Communist Party secretary an over the child. This was a horrible incident and the secretary was arrested but it hasn't been announced exactly what the charges are. The article goes on to mention the forced abortions and even sterilizations that have been occurring. The question is... Is this a becoming a social issue in China?
There have been protests and resentment against the policy in these recent years. These efforts have caused some adjustments to the policy such as allowing families in rural areas to have a second child and allowing parents who are both the only child two have a second child. Will this continue until the policy is completely null-and-void? If so will China be able to handle the population boom? What is next?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-21359962
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