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What if the world were a village?
What is The World Village Project?
Imagine that this web page is a village. However, this village represents the planet Earth. If we were to reduce the world population to a village of 1000 inhabitants with all existing human ratios remaining the same then, this would be our reality...
Men and Woman
520 Woman 480 Men [Graph]
Places of Origin
584 Asians 124 Africans 84 Latin Americans 95 Eastern/Western Europeans 55 Russians 52 North Americans 4 Australians 2 New Zealanders [Graph]
Language
POPULATI ON DENSI TY POPULATI ON DENSI TY
- The policy is an incentive
The policy is an incentive-
- based measure that encourages
based measure that encourages couples to only have one child. couples to only have one child.
- These incentives include improved education, healthcare,
These incentives include improved education, healthcare, housing opportunities, and sometimes better or free nursery housing opportunities, and sometimes better or free nursery care, school tuition, and longer maternity leave. care, school tuition, and longer maternity leave.
- Prior to having a child, couples are supposed to apply for a
Prior to having a child, couples are supposed to apply for a childbearing permit to allow provincial officials to monitor and childbearing permit to allow provincial officials to monitor and control yearly birth totals. control yearly birth totals.
- Families not adhering to the limit face fines for each extra
Families not adhering to the limit face fines for each extra child, and also lack access to preferred jobs, schools, and child, and also lack access to preferred jobs, schools, and housing. housing.
- The one child policy is not absolute and is not the law for all
The one child policy is not absolute and is not the law for all couples. couples.
- The one child policy has exhibited a variety of successes and
The one child policy has exhibited a variety of successes and failures since its implementation. failures since its implementation.
- There is data that supports the conclusion that the policy
There is data that supports the conclusion that the policy has been effective. has been effective.
CHI NA CHI NA’ ’S ONE CHI LD PROGRAM S ONE CHI LD PROGRAM
Beyond these Beyond these “ “beneficially beneficially” ” decreasing population decreasing population numbers associated with the numbers associated with the policy, lie a society and policy, lie a society and culture that have been culture that have been harmfully impacted. harmfully impacted.
- male to female ratio imbalance,
male to female ratio imbalance,
male preference,
- increasing hardships in caring for elderly,
increasing hardships in caring for elderly,
- human rights violations, and
human rights violations, and
- ther societal impacts
- ther societal impacts
CHI NA CHI NA’ ’S ONE CHI LD PROGRAM S ONE CHI LD PROGRAM
The combination of the one child policy, a longstanding preferen The combination of the one child policy, a longstanding preference for ce for sons, and the ability to detect the sex of a fetus through ultra sons, and the ability to detect the sex of a fetus through ultrasound has led sound has led to the excess abortion of female fetuses and a skewed sex ration to the excess abortion of female fetuses and a skewed sex ration which is which is as high as 120 boys for every 100 girls in some regions. By 1990 as high as 120 boys for every 100 girls in some regions. By 1990, more , more than 100,000 ultrasound scanners were in use in China where more than 100,000 ultrasound scanners were in use in China where more than than 1.7 million female babies are "missing" each year. While doctors 1.7 million female babies are "missing" each year. While doctors are are
- fficially banned from telling parents the gender of a fetus, th
- fficially banned from telling parents the gender of a fetus, they usually
ey usually pass on this information when bribed. pass on this information when bribed.
CHI NA CHI NA’ ’S ONE CHI LD PROGRAM S ONE CHI LD PROGRAM
URBAN CHI NA URBAN CHI NA
- 360 MI LLI ON CHI NESE LI VE I N CI TI ES
360 MI LLI ON CHI NESE LI VE I N CI TI ES
31% URBANI ZED
- LARGEST CI TI ES ARE I NSI GNI FI CANT
LARGEST CI TI ES ARE I NSI GNI FI CANT ON A GLOBAL SCALE ON A GLOBAL SCALE
URBAN ENVI RON-
MENTAL PROBLEMS
– – AI R POLLUTI ON
AI R POLLUTI ON
– – CONGESTI ON
CONGESTI ON
– – WATER POLLUTI ON
WATER POLLUTI ON
REORGANI ZATI ON UNDER REORGANI ZATI ON UNDER COMMUNI SM COMMUNI SM
1950s-
- 1976 COMMUNI ST REGI ME LAUNCHED
1976 COMMUNI ST REGI ME LAUNCHED MASSI VE PROGRAMS OF RECONSTRUCTI ON MASSI VE PROGRAMS OF RECONSTRUCTI ON AND REFORM AND REFORM
- BASED ON THE SOVI ET MODEL
BASED ON THE SOVI ET MODEL
LAND WAS EXPROPRI ATED.
- FARMI NG WAS COLLECTI VI ZED.
FARMI NG WAS COLLECTI VI ZED.
- I NDUSTRI ES WERE REORGANI ZED AS STATE
I NDUSTRI ES WERE REORGANI ZED AS STATE-
- OWNED COMMUNAL ENTERPRI SES.
OWNED COMMUNAL ENTERPRI SES.
EMPHASI S ON “ “HEAVY I NDUSTRY HEAVY I NDUSTRY” ”
- DRAMATI C SOCI AL CHANGES
DRAMATI C SOCI AL CHANGES-
EDUCATI ON, RELI GI ON, POPULATI ON GROWTH RELI GI ON, POPULATI ON GROWTH
