...Fortune and Misfortune of “Little Emperors”— Employment Only Hope: Coming of Age under China’s One-Child Policy provides a fascinating look at the social world of China’s singletons – the first generation to grow up after the one-child policy was instated, showing a whole picture of the consequences of the world’s first state-mandated fertility transition. China’s one-child policy was designed to create a generation of ambitious, well-educated children that would lead China into the First World. The policy was bred to adapt to the changes demanded by the cultural model of modernization. Through the study, Vanessa L. Fong shows us the social consequences and implications on the singletons resulting from this policy. In a word, the strategy has succeeded, but at a price. Singletons enjoy high living standards, educational opportunities and more concentrated love in the family than before. However, they are also facing intense parental pressure and competition for elite status in the educational system and the job market, as well as the accusation that they were spoiled since they have unrealistically high expectations. I highly enjoyed reading the book Only Hope. During reading, I found a phenomenon that singletons were eager to find a good job and it was of great importance to them. There are underlying socioeconomic reasons related to the one-child policy. Therefore, in this reaction paper, I am going to discuss about the employment problem of the singletons, which is becoming...
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...China’s One Child Policy; Impacts on the Society, the Economy, and the People. By David Goheen Due: December 14, 2007 Executive Summary During the years before the implementation of the One Child Policy, the leaders of China were involved in wars, a great leap forward, and an industrial revolution. In the last twenty five years China’s One Child Policy has affected the country in every way one can imagine. This paper will attempt to explore the major ways the policy has affected the people of China socially, and how the economy has reacted with the change. A brief history on the traditional views of Chinese families, before the policy’s implementation, is outlined ahead of the policy’s background. This is to illustrate where the people of China are coming from, socially and culturally. I hope to convey that this policy has forcefully stolen the Chinese citizens’ basic human right to reproduce and has hurt them physically and emotionally. However, statistically and economically the policy has been a success up to this point. The early psychological status of China’s children with no siblings is looked at to try to understand their mental capabilities of dealing with the pressure of having to be successful. Major flaws that were overlooked could spell disaster for this aging population in the future. The policy has created prosperity for the country, but has also left its citizens suffering. China is now looked at as having a low birth rate, a low death...
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...so if those people are not even part of that particular tribe. But by just mingling with them, learning their culture and such, they began to be attached to them and felt like they are one of them which are good. Like them, all of us have to really see and know how these tribes are living on their own. All of us must respect every single person in that tribe as human beings. The only reason why some of the members of the tribe are being a danger to the modern people is that they feel threaten. It’s saddening that slowly the tribes are disappearing and that some people just forget about them like they never existed. Well honestly, they are not the only ones that will be gone but the beautiful surroundings that they are also trying to preserve. Like the forest in Brazil, it is the Surui Indian tribe who are protecting this from the illegal loggers. Their lives are being threatened and they have no one protecting them from it except with their beliefs. It’s really a relief that they have Almir Suri who is part of their tribe and is really trying to fight for the tribe’s survival. Even though he had study in a nice university outside their place, he hasn’t forgotten where he came from and is still ready to help them grow more. Also, I think Almir is trying to show the world that he can also put up with the abilities of the modern people, that even though he started from being a member of a tribe whose life is just simple yet civilized, he knows what the overall people...
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...Tourism Context and Culture ----- Essay Name: Yu Huang ID code: 111356 Class: 2ITMC-02 Date: 05/16/2013 Lecturer: Jeroen Hol Table of contents Introduction 3 What is One-Child policy? 3 Positive impact of One-Child policy 4 Negative impacts of One-Child policy 4 Ageing problem 4 Sex ration imbalance 5 Human rights violation 6 Little Emperor behavior and Heavy Burden 6 Conclusion 7 Reference: 8 Appendix: 9 Introduction Today, China is comforted the largest country in the world. The population of China is 1,354,040,000, which is confirmed by Chinese government in January 2013. China as the most populous country in the world has formulated a great national policy for population for population controlling, which is called One-Child policy, in 1970s last century. This great population policy has made big efforts on controlling Chinese population. Undoubtedly, One-Child policy has made historical contribution on the development of China in 34 years. Although Chinese One-Child policy controls the population growth effectively and contributes to Chinese economic development at the initial periods of implementing this policy, the One-Child policy still generates more and more negative impacts on current development in China. What is One-Child policy? During the administration of Chairman Mao Zedong...
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...MEMORANDUM To: All Staff and Lab Students From: Lorrian McMaster, Assistant Costume Designer Date: September 31, 2015 Subject: Advertising Shows It has come to my attention that The Ring Theater performances are not really advertised to the public and the entire student body to the best of our ability. It is so bad that only the students in the school of theater are the only ones who really know about our shows and maybe their families. We need to start having more full houses and try reaching out to everyone. Therefore, I am introducing a new policy that mandates that employees come up with a new way of advertising the show to the public every Wednesday, as it is our slowest day. Some ideas we could start with are making flyers for every school on campus as well as calendars, shirts that we would wear around campus or even pens that we could give out with the public with the information about the shows. If you do not work on Wednesdays, I suggest you still come up with ideas and submit them to Gema, the staff manager, on Tuesday before you leave and she will implement them on Wednesdays. I believe that if everyone that works in the shop presents a new idea and it is enforced as a team weekly, we definitely would have more sold out shows and this will also give our actors more opportunity to show case their talent to a larger crowd and potentially to recruiters. We work too hard not to be recognized! Thank you for your cooperation and I look forward to hearing...
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...personality, brilliance and various decisions in the personal growth process. This task, therefore, seeks to explain how the birth order in a family relates to an individual's personality growth and development, relationships, intelligence and social attitudes. A child's personality is well nurtured and cultured by his or her birth order in a family. For, instance the first-born kid is usually perceived to be excessively burdened with a responsibility which eventually molds him or her to be a charismatic leader, hardworking, perfectionist and loving. Types of birth order The different kinds of birth order are namely actual birth order; which entails the sequence in which an individual is brought into the world that is first child, the only child, second child or last child .Psychological order takes into details how an individual perceives his roles in the family which he or she comes from. Birth order is a mechanism that aids an individual in comprehending his or her roles in the family....
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...mass amount of population and had a profound impact on all aspects of Chinese’s life. Apparently, it decelerates the growth rate of population; otherwise, there could be 23 million newborns in China annually (Shanor 53). To some extent, this policy relieves a comparative land shortage under the mass population in the countryside (Davin 65). In addition, it raises the average level of education and health care in the city because parents are likely to put more effort into taking care of the only child in the household (Kane 109). Despite its marvelous success in both the city and countryside, some scholars are concerned with the side effects tied to this policy, such as “little emperors”, labor force shortage and an aging society, which will only escalate in the future (Shanor 54). Although this policy impact on people's lives are good or bad cannot draw a conclusion, but through some social problems, it is not hard to foresee the future of this policy having negative influence on the only-child’s different stages of age. Since the first generation of children under this policy have already reached their thirties and have become part of the mainstream society, these side effects have gradually impacted their lives. This research paper is trying to answer the following question: How did China’s one-child policy affect the city and countryside during the 20th century? While this question suggests many possible answers, this paper will argue that the one-child policy has caused...
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...“Men lose their high aspirations as they lose their intellectual tastes, because they have no time or opportunity for indulging them; and they addict themselves to inferior pleasures, not because they deliberately prefer them, but because they are either the only ones to which they have access, or the only ones which they are any longer capable of enjoying.” This quote is especially important for understanding Mill’s defense of utilitarianism in front of critiques that suggest this doctrine to be one of immediate pleasure; a doctrine that will stop people from accelerating their development and enriching their character through knowledge. The critique addresses the focus of utilitarianism as a doctrine that emphasizes immediate and animalistic pleasures and turns them into the main reason for being. Mill’s response is trying to reconcile the idea of a dual man, one that enjoys animalistic pleasures as well as, what the author calls, superior pleasures that come with knowledge and experience. The argument proposes the idea of a bifocal man, capable of both superior and inferior pleasures. The explanation offered in this quote explains the subordination relationship between the two, and how man is capable of avoiding regression into his/hers animalistic instinct without giving up the non-refined pleasure of life. Mill’s hypothesis is that a person is always going to choose the elevated, educated pleasure over the inferior one, because once taste is acquired of the...
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...have a lot of energy and they love to invest it in areas thatthey are passionate about.The older you get, the more you learn to see what you’ve been taught to see.When you’re a kid, you see what’s there. They are able to see better than anyone the problems and issues of our modern society.The idealism of the youth is like no other. They hope at a new world, at the perfect society so everybody can have a happy life. Young people are visionary. They usetheir creativity when dealing with problems so they create new solutions to old and new problems.The fresh approach that youngsters have is not the only advantage that they possess. They are fast learners, capable of learning new skills in no time. They are alsogood with technology, especially this new generation also called ‘digital natives’. Andthat’s no easy thing for older ones.Young people have a lot of qualities, but they are not the only ones who have the power of change. It’s not always about the next generation.Maybe that’s what we shouldall learn, that youth has no age...Maybe this is the wisdom of...
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...child in some families. Demographers, however, do not expect a major baby boom. A woman and a child in Beijing. The Chinese government announced last week that it would ease the one-child policy to allow couples in which either partner is an only child to have a second baby. (Ng Han Guan / Associated Press / November 20, 2013) BEIJING — At soon as Luo Yuannan heard about the change in China's one-child law, she began to calculate when it would be best for her 2 1/2-year-old son to get a baby sister, because, like many modern Chinese women, Luo is pining for a girl. "I was amazed," said Luo, 31, who lives in the southern city of Shenzhen. "I always wanted to have a second child and now I will get the chance." If things go as planned, a second child for Luo could be part of a baby boomlet for China. The Chinese Communist Partyannounced Friday that, as part of a reform package approved at the third party plenum, it would ease the one-child policy to allow couples in which either partner is an only child to have a second baby. Demographers believe the change — previously, exceptions were made if both parents were only children — will benefit about 10 million couples, including Luo and her husband. She is an only child, but he has a sibling. Certainly the stock markets are anticipating the pitter-patter of little consumer feet. On Monday, the first trading day since the announcement Friday night, shares of toy, milk powder and baby goods manufacturers were up...
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... Is the US Government doing all that it can for the recently discharged veteran’s. There are many young men and women that have served their country with pride and sacrifice that the average American will never know. We should never have to be put thru a system that is backlog worse than anything we have to offer. I feel that there needs to be a new system put into place and if that means that the government must give up this job to an outside company, it will only make the system that the veterans use better. Having to deal with the VA Having had to deal with and go thru the VA myself I can for one say that the system has many errors that need to be addressed. One is the long wait time for something as simple and being seen by a doctor. Two getting paperwork that the Military messed up corrected. Ways the system could change I know that by me writing this the system will never change, and I also know that right now that government has so much money tied into the VA that things will never change and the only ones that will suffer will be the veterans. Conclusion I would hope that one day there will be a system in place that will be more veteran friendly and easier to work with and deal with. I would like to see a system that will be there for the veteran and there...
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...The Economic Impact of the One-Child Policy in China John F. Rodis EMBA International Economics Professor Jim Stodder October 15, 2014 The Economic Impact of the Single-Child Policy in China Thesis Statement: The single-child policy implemented in China more than thirty years ago to slow the rate of population growth, not only had a marginal effect on the growth of the population, but also had the unintended consequence of a long-lasting negative impact on the Chinese economy. Abstract: The Chinese government imposed a single-child policy 34 years ago in response to a rapidly increasing population that was determined to be unsustainable. Last November, the government ended the policy. A careful review of the literature regarding the efficacy of the policy as well as examination of other factors that could have affected population growth was conducted. The result of this review confirmed that the policy—in and of itself--had only a marginal impact on the growth of the Chinese population. However, the policy resulted in a significant change in the demographics of the Chinese population, with the result of China having a significantly older population than many developed nations, but one that aged at a much faster rate. However, unlike these developed nations, neither the Chinese people nor their government is adequately prepared for this rapidly aged population. As a consequence, there will be significant long-lasting negative consequences on the Chinese economy,...
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...One Child Policy China What is the Policy? In the late 1970’s the Chinese government decided to introduce a number of measures to reduce the country’s birthrate and slow down the mass population growth. One of the greatest and most successful policies was the “One Child Policy”. This policy involves a couple only being allowed one child per family. In 1950 the rate of population change in China was 1.9%, an increase of around 1% would mean that the population would double in less than 24 years. The policy was established by the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in 1979, at first this was a temporary measure to limit childbirths but has been continued ever since. At first when the policy was introduced there were two major concerns, how it would affect the booming economy and society in general? Why was it introduced? When the “One Child Policy” was brought into action in 1979 China’s population was 975.4 million people, in 2012 the population of China is around 1.34 billion, this is a growth of 138%. Although this seems a lot China is slowly slowing down their population growth especially compared to India’s which has had a 180% increase. The most recent peak in fertility rates in China was in the late 1960’s when it was 5.91. When the “One Child Policy” was introduced the fertility rate of Chinese women was 2.91 and the country had to slow this down, as they would not have enough resources and a structured infrastructure for the country to keep growing. Previous...
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...Joaquin v Gonzalez. 1ro I. Sharon Levy. Peerreviewer: Carolina palacios. All in the Right Measure. Being an only child can be either good or bad, depending on how you perceive it and how you are brought up by your parents. When you are an only child, you get the undivided love and attention of your parents. They will dote on you more and as an only child, you may grow up to be more independent and able to fend for yourself better, if your parents have not spoiled you by giving you whatever you ask for. Not having an older sibling to help you every step of the way may in that sense be beneficial and make you capable of looking after yourself earlier in life. So, is it true that only children tend to misbehave and to be more deppendent on their parents ? Or it is a myth created by society ? Some people think that due to having their parents fully attention, children could be easily spoiled by giving them all what they want, eventhough they do not need it. This can trigger a syndrome that is called the "Little Emperor Syndrome" it refers to the Chinese situation involving parents and their single children in which the parents lavish their love and attention on this one child, and as a result, the child becomes spoilt and behaves like a "Little Emperor". But this is not black or white. Everything depends on how the parents decide to bring their child up. If they cannot put up with denying their child anything, they will learn how to manipulate their parents to...
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...“It’s only me” I think the article was given the title “It’s only me” because many children think that they’re all alone and they are the only ones who are miserable. But in fact: they are not. They are not the only children who are being bullied, and they are not the only ones to feel neglected by their parents: they are not alone. But it may feel like it, and that needs to change. I see a clear pattern of the backgrounds, of the actions, the children who did a shooting. They should seek for help and not keep it all inside. The title is saying a lot about how many children feel sometimes. “I’m odd”, “I do not fit in” and “I am definitely the only one to fell like this” – actually they are not, they just don’t realise it and that’s one of the major problem in these cases. Andy Williams is not the only one to feel like this. I like the title, mostly because we all tried to have that feeling of being the “only one”/”the odd one” and it also make you realise a lot of thinks about how others may feel about actions you might make. If I had to choose another title, I would call it: “A cry for help”. It’s catchy and I think that’s what those children’s actions are based on: a cry for help. They want those things, which make them miserable, to stop. The first impression of the writer’s attitude, according to me, is that he makes you think of Andrew like “he was the one who started” or “he inspired others to do it” - but the further you read, he make you realise and points out;...
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