In 1979, the People’s Republic of China initiated a dramatic policy that aimed for major social and economic reform. At the time China contained approximately 1/4th of the world’s population, who lived on only seven percent of the world’s arable land. Many of these people were among the poorest in the world, living a life within the strict refines of poverty. Quality of life was bad, and death rates were high. The government was unable to properly care for its people, who in turn were unable to properly care for themselves. In a drastic effort to put an end to these problems, China’s government started the One Child Policy.
The One Child Policy had good intentions. It was in fact a very well thought out effective idea. However, there were some problems that its inventors did not foresee. First and foremost, couples in China rarely want female children, who are victims of circumstance in that they have few means to support a family. This also means that they have few means to support their parents as they grow old. This sad occurrence stemming from an idea with good intentions is showing its negative effects today. A major imbalance is forming, with millions more men than women filling the ranks of China’s population. An effective genocide is occurring in China, and it is warranted by millions of inhabitants who are even participating in it, all out of necessity. Out of the dust has sprung an adoption trade that shows its effects worldwide, and if you look carefully you can see young Chinese girls throughout the world who have been rescued from China’s one child policy.