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Population Dynamics and Policy in the People's Republic of China

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This article reviews recent changes in population policy and demographic trends in the People's Republic of China. Recently available estimates of birth and death rates for the last several decades are examined in the context of political events and disruptions in China. China heralds the world's most comprehensive and perhaps most effective birth control program, aimed at stabilizing the Chinese population at 1.2 billion by the turn of the century, and has made remarkable progress in controlling population growth during the last decade. The dramatic fertility decline in recent years is analyzed and compared with the trends in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. The extent of China's fertility decline is found to be unequaled anywhere in the world. A potential conflict between promotion of agricultural production by individual families through the new responsibility system and the birth control policy is also discussed.

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  • Lee-Jay Cho, 1984. "Population Dynamics and Policy in the People's Republic of China," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 476(1), pages 111-127, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:476:y:1984:i:1:p:111-127
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716284476001009
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