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It was part of the Great Leap Forward. See "Background" under https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-child_policy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-child_policy In
by trollbridge 2y ago
It was part of the Great Leap Forward. See "Background" under https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-child_policy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-child_policy
In short, Mao Zedong thought that having a big population would lead to a stronger state. Keep in mind this is the same guy who declared war on sparrows as being "capitalist birds".