A scene I saw 30 years ago is forever seared on my memory. A man returning to our rural village pulled a two-wheeled cart that bumped along the unpaved road. Lying in it was the man’s wife who was recovering from sterilization surgery. A thick floral-patterned quilt covered the woman from head to toe. She was motionless, like a corpse.
Ever since seeing that unconscious woman I have feared that I could wind up like her one day: a victim of a sickening physical violation perpetrated by a Chinese government intent on enforcing its draconian one-child policy. I vowed to myself that I would never have children so that sterilization surgery would never be inflicted upon me.… Seguir leyendo »
La abolición, tras 35 años, de la política china de hijo único cierra uno de los capítulos más oscuros de la historia del país. A fines de los setenta, el Partido Comunista de China (PCCh), decidido a impulsar el crecimiento económico, pensó que la respuesta estaba en el control de la población. Millones de abortos, esterilizaciones e infanticidios después, las consecuencias están a la vista.
En números, la pérdida de vidas humanas derivada de la política de hijo único fue incluso mayor que la del Gran Salto Adelante de Mao, causante de una hambruna que mató a unos 36 millones de personas entre 1959 y 1961.… Seguir leyendo »
The abandonment of the one-child policy in China is a momentous change, and there is much to celebrate in the easing of restrictions on human freedom in a particularly private sphere of life. But we need to recognize that the big fall in fertility in China over the decades, for which the one-child policy is often credited, has, in fact, been less related to compulsion and much more to reasoned family decisions in favor of a new norm of smaller families.
This development has been particularly helped by the increasing empowerment of Chinese women through rapid expansion of schooling and job opportunities.… Seguir leyendo »
China's decision to end its 36-year-old one-child policy imposed on 1.3 billion people was surprising but not entirely unexpected. This massive act of social engineering by the Chinese Communist Party has produced nothing short of a demographic disaster.
By 2025, the U.N. projects that China will be the most elderly nation on Earth, with more Chinese 60 and over than 14 and under, drastically burdening social welfare infrastructures and slashing workforce productivity. That's why the government has been quietly signaling for years that the policy would eventually end, even implementing reforms in 2014 that added 11 million households to the rolls authorized to have more than one child.… Seguir leyendo »
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