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1. Ethnic Policy in China: Is Reform Inevitable?

Author:
James Leibold
Publication Date:
09-2013
Content Type:
Policy Brief
Institution:
East-West Center
Abstract:
Balancing ethnocultural diversity and dignity with national integration and interethnic cohesion has been a constant challenge for Chinese policymakers. With a sizeable ethnic minority population, China has long been engaged in this delicate balancing act. Despite episodic conflict, it could be argued that the Communist Party of China (CPC) has, especially since the 1976 death of Mao Zedong, done a relatively competent job of containing ethnic tensions.
Topic:
Ethnic Conflict, Human Rights, Human Welfare, and Governance
Political Geography:
China and Israel

2. Can China Afford to Continue Its One-Child Policy?

Author:
Wang Feng
Publication Date:
03-2005
Content Type:
Policy Brief
Institution:
East-West Center
Abstract:
Twenty-five years after it was launched, China's “One Child” population control policy is credited with cutting population growth to an all time low and contributing to two decades of spectacular economic development. But the costs associated with the policy are also apparent and are rising: a growing proportion of elderly with inadequate government or family support, a disproportionately high number of male births attributable to sex selective abortion, increased female infant and child mortality rates, and the collapse of a credible government birth reporting system. Today, as China contemplates the future of the policy, many argue that a change that allows couples to have two children will not lead to uncontrollable population growth. Instead, it could help meet the fertility desires of most Chinese couples; avoid a worsening of the demographic and social consequences already evident; and relieve the Chinese government of the immense financial and political costs of enforcing an unpopular policy. But changes will need to come soon if China is to avert even greater negative consequences of the policy.
Topic:
Civil Society and Human Welfare
Political Geography:
China and Asia