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China Fertility Background
Ancient Chinese Fertility Circumstance with Five Distinct Phenomena
1.The natural population growth rate is very low. From 59.59 millions to 0.41 billions, it takes about 1800 years from 2 A.D to 1840. However, from 0.4 billions to 1.5 billions, it only takes about 180 years from 1840 to 2008.
2.China's population has a four-stepped developing phenomenon during the whole feudal period. During the Warring States Period, the population is about 25-30 millions; From Han Dynasty to Tang Dynasty, the popultaion is about 60-70 millions; In the late of Northern Song Dynasty, the population reaches to 0.1 billion; During early Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, the population reaches to 0.4 billions.
3.The population changes unstably, showing big up and down cyclically. It has big connections with Empire's stability and prosperity. In ancient China, Agricultural economy is the mainstream, which means if you have more labors and lands you can live better. So boys have better returen, especially in resource-limited circumstances. Besides, More boys means your twilight years life is secured for girls have to support her parents in law's sunset life.
4. In ancient China, People have to get married at an early age and give birth to several kids to shorten the period of population reproduction and improve their quality of life. Besides, limited by the quality of life, the normal age of getting married is between 15-18. 20 is considered too late.
5. Do the pregant woman can go to hospital to give birth to baby in ancient China? The answer is no, there is no hospital but a midwife called Jie Sheng Po who come to help the pregant women when the time comes.
Contemporary Chinese fertility Circunstance
1.5 billions populations bring many social problems
1. Diet: In order to increase food production, people use pesticides, drugs and hormone widely. Those bring many healthy problems. I do think you heard the Sanlu poisonous milk powder incident.
2. House: House Pressure. China has the tradition of preparing wedding house for their kids. Facing the rocket-high housing price, most families took out their life-time savings and got bank loan on their backs. In the next 20 to 30 years, they live in a hard life for insisting on paying the bank loans in time. In coastal cities, many women have birth to child after 30 or even older. elderly parturient women is so common to see.
3. Education: China does have slow development on the construction of education. Besides, more and more children have to share the limited educational resources. Inside a class of an ordinary kingergarden, 20-30 children have to share 2-3 teachers. While in Primary school, high school or senior high school, there is about 40-50 students in one class, some even can reach to 60 or 70. And one grade usually has 4-6 classes, which means over 200-300 students sharing ten or more students. The result is the parents have to shift more focus onto their children's education and bribe teachers, so their children can sit in the front of the class and teahcer would pay more attention to them. Some Chinese did abandon their nationalities for giving their children better educational conditions.
4. Birth and cost:
While facing the 15 million population, the medical and health resources are very limited. Usually, a mother-to-be has to arrange the hospital bed at least one month earlier. Meanwhile, the cost of raising a baby is huge even compared with other developed countries. Combining with bank loan, daily spends, the economic burden stress almost every mother.
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China Fertility Background
Ancient Chinese Fertility Circumstance with Five Distinct Phenomena
1.The natural population growth rate is very low. From 59.59 millions to 0.41 billions, it takes about 1800 years from 2 A.D to 1840. However, from 0.4 billions to 1.5 billions, it only takes about 180 years from 1840 to 2008.
2.China's population has a four-stepped developing phenomenon during the whole feudal period. During the Warring States Period, the population is about 25-30 millions; From Han Dynasty to Tang Dynasty, the popultaion is about 60-70 millions; In the late of Northern Song Dynasty, the population reaches to 0.1 billion; During early Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, the population reaches to 0.4 billions.3.The population changes unstably, showing big up and down cyclically. It has big connections with Empire's stability and prosperity. In ancient China, Agricultural economy is the mainstream, which means if you have more labors and lands you can live better. So boys have better returen, especially in resource-limited circumstances. Besides, More boys means your twilight years life is secured for girls have to support her parents in law's sunset life.
4. In ancient China, People have to get married at an early age and give birth to several kids to shorten the period of population reproduction and improve their quality of life. Besides, limited by the quality of life, the normal age of getting married is between 15-18. 20 is considered too late.
5. Do the pregant woman can go to hospital to give birth to baby in ancient China? The answer is no, there is no hospital but a midwife called Jie Sheng Po who come to help the pregant women when the time comes. Contemporary Chinese fertility Circunstance
1.5 billions populations bring many social problems
1. Diet: In order to increase food production, people use pesticides, drugs and hormone widely. Those bring many healthy problems. I do think you heard the Sanlu poisonous milk powder incident.
2. House: House Pressure. China has the tradition of preparing wedding house for their kids. Facing the rocket-high housing price, most families took out their life-time savings and got bank loan on their backs. In the next 20 to 30 years, they live in a hard life for insisting on paying the bank loans in time. In coastal cities, many women have birth to child after 30 or even older. elderly parturient women is so common to see.3. Education: China does have slow development on the construction of education. Besides, more and more children have to share the limited educational resources. Inside a class of an ordinary kingergarden, 20-30 children have to share 2-3 teachers. While in Primary school, high school or senior high school, there is about 40-50 students in one class, some even can reach to 60 or 70. And one grade usually has 4-6 classes, which means over 200-300 students sharing ten or more students. The result is the parents have to shift more focus onto their children's education and bribe teachers, so their children can sit in the front of the class and teahcer would pay more attention to them. Some Chinese did abandon their nationalities for giving their children better educational conditions.
4. Birth and cost:
While facing the 15 million population, the medical and health resources are very limited. Usually, a mother-to-be has to arrange the hospital bed at least one month earlier. Meanwhile, the cost of raising a baby is huge even compared with other developed countries. Combining with bank loan, daily spends, the economic burden stress almost every mother.
