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The one-dog policy was implemented in 2006, when it became apparent that rabies was the infectious disease killing the most people in that year. [clarification needed] Xinhua News Agency, the official news agency of the Chinese government, said that rabies had killed 318 people in September 2006 and 2,651 people in 2004, the latest year for which data is available.
The one-child policy was a tool for China to not only address overpopulation, but to also address poverty alleviation and increase social mobility by consolidating the combined inherited wealth of the two previous generations into the investment and success of one child instead of having these resources spread thinly across multiple children. [85]
The one-child policy had various exemptions, including twins, rural families who could have more children due to the necessities of farm work, and ethnic minorities. [20]: 58 The strict limitation of one child applied to approximately 35% of China's population. [22]: 63 The 1980 Marriage Law described birth planning as a national duty.
The cost of raising a child to age 18 in China is 6.3 times its gross domestic product (GDP) per capita - second only to its neighbor South Korea at 7.79 times, according to a YuWa report.
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The one-child policy was implemented in 1979 in an effort to control the size of families, which meant having a "one-child family" for most Chinese families, with some exceptions. [14] Because of a strong son preference, these compulsory measures resulted in a neglect of girls and in some cases led to female infanticide . [ 15 ]
China's more than thirty-year-old one-child policy is drawing to a close. On January 1, 2016, China's one couple, two-child policy will go into effect. The country's lawmakers passed an amendment ...
However, he stated that overall the one-child policy was a good thing, writing that "the world resources cannot afford to feed a China with billions of people". [ 9 ] On June 13, French news agency Agence France-Presse reported that the graphic images of Feng and her stillborn child "have caused an uproar in China". [ 23 ]