China's population started to grow at a rapid rate in 1949. There were ½ a billion people in China and 2/3 of the population were under 24. This shows the increase of births had risen very quickly. There are a few reasons for this sudden rise in the population. China is a Communist country, therefore, the more Communists that there are, the stronger they become. Parents were encouraged to have more children, and bring them up as Communists. This …showed first 75 words of 968 total…

…showed last 75 words of 968 total…the couple to make a lot of money for their child's heath care. It also puts them off having another child and having to pay back all the money. I don't think that what the Chinese authorities did was bad thing at all as it needed to be done, but I do feel sorry for the children that will grow up as single children, and their children growing up with no aunties, uncles or cousins.