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Singapore started the Stop at Two campaign in the 1970s. China's one-child policy was instituted in 1981. Granted, the effects of Singapore's program wouldn't h
by zhemao 11y ago
Singapore started the Stop at Two campaign in the 1970s. China's one-child policy was instituted in 1981. Granted, the effects of Singapore's program wouldn't have been clear at that point, but there was already a precedent for population control measures that didn't involve heavy-handed government control and quotas.
A lot of the negative effects of the one-child policy were due to uneven enforcement and perverse incentives. Though female infanticide, forced abortions, and gender-based abortions were made illegal, they still happened in rural or poorer urban areas where there was less scrutiny from the central government.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoThanks for the information on the timeframes. > Though female infanticide, forced abortions, and gender-based abortions were made illegal, they still happened in rural or poorer urban areas where there was less scrutiny from the central government. From the subthread under [0]: "Some of the examples you listed have only one report. And it's policy that lasted almost 40 years in a country with a billion people." It's a good point. Makes me wonder how much the negative opinion about China's one-child policy is just overblown and/or pure propaganda. [0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10470733 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10470733