Whatever…I was just pointing out that your original comment about all the siblings and cousins in China was completely ill-informed. There are no siblings or cousins.
Ah, but the details of the one-child policy are rather convoluted and have varied over time.
The policy's real result has been a 1980 birthrate of 2.6 births per woman to about 1.7 in current times. So yes, there are siblings and cousins.
I used the convenient 2 child average, which appears to be a sensible estimate based on the efficacy of the one-child policy over its timespan.
You are strictly looking at a very simplistic interpretation of the one-child policy and incorrectly that the actual birthrate is one birth per woman, which it has never been.
That said, China is in a better position than the 5+ births per woman in the Sixties and Seventies, something that is causing a top-heavy population pyramid (lots of older folks) supported by fewer younger folks, putting a strain on social services, government programs, healthcare, etc. China itself has relaxed on the one-child policy because of this looming threat.
I used the convenient 2 child average, which appears to be a sensible estimate based on the efficacy of the one-child policy over its timespan.
It is actually 1.4 as of 2014 but that aside, I think you just forgot about the one child policy in your original comment and now you are trying to act like you are some sort of professor of Chinese studies to wiggle out of it. I based my remarks on frequent discussions I have with a very close friend who is Chinese. And yes she has cousins and siblings but they were born before the policy was instated. I learn many things from her about China, their ceremonies, culture and government. I just like to set the record straight about misstatements regarding China when I notice them.
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Whatever…I was just pointing out that your original comment about all the siblings and cousins in China was completely ill-informed. There are no siblings or cousins.
Ah, but the details of the one-child policy are rather convoluted and have varied over time.
The policy's real result has been a 1980 birthrate of 2.6 births per woman to about 1.7 in current times. So yes, there are siblings and cousins.
I used the convenient 2 child average, which appears to be a sensible estimate based on the efficacy of the one-child policy over its timespan.
You are strictly looking at a very simplistic interpretation of the one-child policy and incorrectly that the actual birthrate is one birth per woman, which it has never been.
That said, China is in a better position than the 5+ births per woman in the Sixties and Seventies, something that is causing a top-heavy population pyramid (lots of older folks) supported by fewer younger folks, putting a strain on social services, government programs, healthcare, etc. China itself has relaxed on the one-child policy because of this looming threat.
I used the convenient 2 child average, which appears to be a sensible estimate based on the efficacy of the one-child policy over its timespan.
It is actually 1.4 as of 2014 but that aside, I think you just forgot about the one child policy in your original comment and now you are trying to act like you are some sort of professor of Chinese studies to wiggle out of it. I based my remarks on frequent discussions I have with a very close friend who is Chinese. And yes she has cousins and siblings but they were born before the policy was instated. I learn many things from her about China, their ceremonies, culture and government. I just like to set the record straight about misstatements regarding China when I notice them.
It is actually 1.4 as of 2014
China's 2014 fertility rate (estimated): 1.55
Source: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2127.html
Congratulations, we've split the difference!
Communism has never worked anywhere it has been put into practice.