China has introduced the one child policy to control the population in China and prevent overcrowding. Thus, this caused sex-based birth rate disparity as China has a long tradition of son preference, hence there would be more men than women in the country. Another effect is the abandon and adoption. Social pressure exerted by the one-child policy has affected the rate at which parents abandon unwanted children. Many unwanted children live in state-sponsored orphanages, and thousands are adopted from these institutions each year, either by international or Chinese parents. The ‘one-child’ policy has also led to what Amartya Sen first called “Missing Women,” or the 100 million girls “missing” from the populations of China (and other developing countries) as a result of female infanticide, abandonment, and neglect. :)
-Isabelle Wang (10)
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