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Fallout From The One-Child Policy

As China considers loosening its one-child policy and internal encouragement of reform has been reported, the GlobalPost has launched a series surveying “the world’s worst ever man-made gender gap”.  The first article in the series looks at damage done to the nation’s gender balance, and asks what effects might linger regardless of family planning reform:
By 2020, sociologists expect an "extra" 35 million Chinese men — males for whom there are simply no available female partners. That's slightly more than the population of Canada.
This army of single young men is coming of age now. Looking at the next decade and the questions loom large: What risks do they pose and how will China handle them? The questions are particularly relevant in the wake of uprisings in the Arab world, where restless young men are often pointed to at the heart of protests.
[...]"Crime rates, especially violent crime rates, are rising," [gender ratio researcher Valerie Hudson] added. "These are the harbingers of the social unrest which we believe will result from about 15 percent of the young adult male population being surplus to the number of women in that age cohort."
Though other countries have skewed gender ratios, China's is likely worst than any other (though Vietnam is close), said Hudson. As it's also a burgeoning world power and the world's most populous nation, what happens here matters.
Since 2010, China has been home to more diabetics than any other country in the world, and Newstrack India reports that the one-child policy is exacerbating a diabetes epidemic:
  in China, which is a greater burden in the country than in any other, is probably being aggravated by its .
The Chinese Government said that about 100 million families have just one child, which translates into an equal number of first borns, a status that researchers are finding may be linked to conditions that raise  risk, Chong Yap Seng, a scientist at Singapore’s National University Hospital, said.
[...]Chong said that first borns gain weight faster and are bigger as adults, a trajectory that increases obesity risk and may explain why China’s diabetes prevalence has more than tripled in a decade, the report said.
The one-child policy has also contributed to a population pyramid that is becoming increasingly top-heavy. An article from Caixin contrasts China’s situation with Japan’s - a country whose government is actively encouraging childbearing to offset a rapidly aging population:
Japan is now desperately trying to encourage child-bearing so as to fight its way out of the rapidly-aging demographic structure. Meanwhile, as the country’s 2010 population census showed, China has a 1.2 fertility rate and is still implementing the one-child policy that limits childbearing. Such a contrast looks particularly glaring.
Perhaps the gaze of Chinese policymakers remains fixed upon the crowds filling up  and Shanghai’s subways, and they are concerned that China has an overpopulation problem. The effect of a population policy takes time to show its results. This is why policymakers must keep in mind that the formulation of policy today must correspond to estimates in 20 or 30 year’s time.
If China maintains the current fertility rate, its demographic structure by 2040 will be nearly the same compared to Japan today. The series of issues that Japanese society must reckon with are likely to befall us.
Also see another recent article from Caixin comparing China with India - a country with a similarly large population, but a very different demographic situation.
A video report from Thomson Reuters’ The Knowledge Effect blog explains that even if family planning reform were to soon occur, it may be too late to prevent a demographic dilemma:
Click here to view the embedded video.

In contrast to the negative fallout listed above, an article from the UPENN Wharton School’s online journal Knowledge@Wharton looks at one industry that is reaping economic benefits from the one-child policy. The article points out that China’s rapid urbanization is changing the culture of romantic congregation, and notes that state-sanctioned family planning is one factor fueling a boom in the online dating industry:

[...]This is the world of Chinese , a nascent industry that has taken off and is expected to break two billion RMB (US$ 318 million) in total annual revenue by 2014, according to a recent report by Analysys International.
[...]China’s One-child Policy, rapid urbanization, and the widening  have all played major roles in increasing the online-matchmaking market size. As urbanization continues to increase and fertility rates remain low, online matchmaking platforms will continue to grow.
For more on the one-child policy and gender imbalance in China, see prior CDT coverage. Also see “Demography: China’s Achilles Heel” via CDT.

© josh rudolph for China Digital Times (CDT), 2013


The 10 best-paying jobs in China

Many foreign people want to work and live in China for its booming economy and opportunities. If you are one of them, it is better to know the best-paying career in China, listed below are 10 such jobs.

1.  Luxury Goods Sales Executive
In the past, sales were low for luxury goods like watches, pens and handbags. While just a few years ago, many luxury goods manufacturers switched their marketing channels from luxury department stores to investing in chain stores in China.
2. Marketing Director for Mainland China
High academic credentials are already not the bottleneck, for five years time is enough for young people to complete high-end academic courses. But those with 5 years national marketing experience are very few. As for the 10 years experience, we can only use the word "rare".
3. Advanced Financial Controller
Big company's Chief Financial Controller is in high demand in China. It requires not only good knowledge of financial policies, but also the mix of Western and Chinese business .
4. Hotel Senior Management
Tourism industry now plays a very important role in China that can not be ignored. According to the WTO, in 2020, China will become the largest tourist country. While the  outstanding hotel management personnels are few and far between in China.
5.Foreign Bank Executive
After China entered the WTO at the end of 2001, China gradually opened its financial sector, the demand for financial talents also increases.
6. Manufacturing Director
Background of science and engineering, excellent foreign language skills, profound work experience are basic conditions for a manufacturing manager. From now to the next 20 years, China will not change the status of a manufacturing-based economy. However,manufacturing director is as rare as the phoenix.
7. Law Firm Partner
In many people`s eyes, lawyers are always linked to good salary, but according to a Law Firm deputy director from Nanjing, "For lawyers in Nanjing, only one or two large law firm director and partner can annual salary up to one million ."
8.Sports Stars
No matter what sport item, we can find many male and female sports stars. Gymnastics, swimming, diving has always been popular sports in China, and will continue to be popular in the coming years.
9. Movie or TV Stars
The top movie or TV series actors can easily earn thousands of thousands of Yuan by live performances. If that actor makes several movies, his salary can reach 20 million Yuan or more, and movie actors often earn even higher salaries than television actors.
10. Fund Manager
The fund manager has a good pay all over the world. In China the average yearly income of an ordinary fund manager is more than 2 million Yuan.
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