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introduction: whether China should remain the one-child policy.

Thesis statement: There are many arguments against one child policy, while based on its importance and current situation, China should remain one child policy for at least another decade.
1. the history of one child policy dates to the founding of people's republic of China.
A.economic boon.
B.Mao Zedong's proclamation in 1949.
C.The communist government condemned birth control and banned imports of contraceptives.
D.In 1955 officials launched a campaign to promote birth control, only to have their efforts reversed in 1958 by the Great Leap Forward.
E.by 1962 a massive famine had caused some 30 million deaths,In the aftermath, officials quietly resumed a propaganda campaign to limit population growth.
F. interrupted by the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution in 1966; it began it again in 1969.

G.In 1979 they introduced a policy requiring couples from China's ethnic Han majority to have only one child.
H.The one-child policy, first adumbrated by Deng Xiaoping in a 1979 speech, was in place nationwide by 1981.
2. Opinions of one child policy vary--different mind hold different opinion about one child policy.
A.elder generations and some traditional places against them
B.government enforce
C.in the short run, it relieve population burden and promote economic growth; in the long run,it cause youth labor shortage and reduce the economic development.
D.the United Nations Population Fund(UNFPA)has supported the one child policy in China from 1979.
3. against arguments--there are three major arguments opponent use to against the policy.
A.forced abortions.
B.gender imbalance.
C.aging population.
4.adjustment--based one some problems, government did some adjustment of one child policy in order to let it fit well in this society.
A. flexibly enforced in rural areas and in those portions of the country heavily populated by ethnic minority groups.
B.shanghai encourages second child for eligible couples.
5.the necessary to remain one child policy--no matter what problems Chinese are facing, remain one child policy is a necessary in current situation for three reasons.
A.population control.
B.poverty reduction.
C.avoidance of overuse of resources.
6.remain one child policy for at least another decade--for the long run, government may change our policy based on how well Chinese population controlled.
A.Nearly 200 million Chinese will enter child-bearing age in the next 10 years.
B.China's population is expected to peak around 1.6 billion by 2050.