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China and Development
- OneChildPolicy
- Why ?
- 1979 - China's
leaders afraid of
enourmous pop.
growth
- Only allowed to have one child or
pay fines and have disadvantages
- Exceptions
- If the two parents
do not have
siblings
- If the first child is
a girl (Rural areas
only)
- If it is an Ethnic
minority
- If the two parents
do not have
siblings
- Exceptions
- Only allowed to have one child or
pay fines and have disadvantages
- 1979 - China's
leaders afraid of
enourmous pop.
growth
- Problems
- Parents, especially in
rural areas, do not
want to have a girl as
she will marry and go
away.
- So the number of girls
born is going down. In
2007, there were 120
boys born for 100 girls
- So millions of men will
not be able to find wives
- So millions of men will
not be able to find wives
- So the number of girls
born is going down. In
2007, there were 120
boys born for 100 girls
- People may have to
support several older
people, and this could
be difficult
- Parents, especially in
rural areas, do not
want to have a girl as
she will marry and go
away.
- Why ?
- 3 Gorges Dam
- Why?
- China mainly
depending on coal
for Energy
- Need a sustainable and clean
source of energy
- Need a sustainable and clean
source of energy
- Help prevent floods on
the Yangtze River
- 1954 - Flood killed 33 000 people
- 1954 - Flood killed 33 000 people
- Ships can go further up on
the Yangtze River, carrying
cargo
- More industry for Chongqing
- More industry for Chongqing
- China mainly
depending on coal
for Energy
- Provides 2%
of China's
energy
- Largest
Dam in the
world
- 2 km in length
- 2 km in length
- Cost $22.5 billion
- Problems
- Impact on local people
- More than 1.20 million
people moved for
building the dam
- They were given money but they said it was not enough
- They were given money but they said it was not enough
- Drowned 2 empty
cities, 116 towns
and lots of
villages
- More than 1.20 million
people moved for
building the dam
- Environnment
- Stops fish and
other river
animals from
moving freely
- Yangtze River
dolphin is now
extinct
- Yangtze River
dolphin is now
extinct
- Poisonous level of
sewage and factory
waste build up
- Harm wildlife
and humans
- Harm wildlife
and humans
- Stops fish and
other river
animals from
moving freely
- Silt builds
up in the
reservoir
and
makes it
less and
less
effective
- At dry times of the year, the river
level on the other side falls very
low
- Creates
earthquakes
and landslides
- If the damn
breaks, there will
be a catastrophe
- If the damn
breaks, there will
be a catastrophe
- Impact on local people
- Why?
- Environnement
- Problems
- Largely depending
on coal - 70% of
energy needs
- But coal is a limited
resource and
pollutes the air
- So China build
more sources of
sustainable energy
- Wind farms
- Solar panels
- Dams
- Nuclear power stations
- Wind farms
- So China build
more sources of
sustainable energy
- But coal is a limited
resource and
pollutes the air
- Desertification
- The farmland is
turning into desert
- Overgrazing
- Chopping trees down
- Soil too intensively farmed
- So the Chinese are planting
a belt of trees and shrubs
called the green great wall
- They are also building canals
to transport water from the
Yangtze River to water the
dry North
- They are also building canals
to transport water from the
Yangtze River to water the
dry North
- Overgrazing
- The farmland is
turning into desert
- Building
sewage
plants
- Trap the CO2 from factories
- Largely depending
on coal - 70% of
energy needs
- Problems
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