Forbidden Children: China's One-Child Policy
Conflicted: A History Podcast
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The Problem of China's Over Population
After world war two, population growth had exploded all over the globe. Fears about over population began to worm their way into international discourse. Western academics unleashed a tidal wave of doom and gloom literature prophesizing a crowded, catastrophic future in which millions of people would die as a result of over population. In his 19 68 best seller, the population bomb, stanford professor paul erlick wrote, hundreds of millions of people will starve to death. The key issue standing between china and ap sperous economy was the simple fact that there wasn't enough wealth, food or resources to go around.
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