CHINA HAS ENDED ITS ONE
CHILD POLICY.
SINCE 1979 IT HAD A ONE CHILD POLICY.
HERE IS THE ANNOUNCEMENT WE SAW.
BREAKING NEWS, CHINA ABANDONS ONE CHILD POLICY, ALLOWS TWO
KIDS TO ALL COUPLES.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE ONE CHILD
POLICY, HERE ARE SOME OF THE EFFECTS.
THERE 10,000 ABANDONED CHILDREN PER YEAR.
100,000 IN ORPHANAGES.
I KNOW PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN CHINA, AND WHENEVER THEY
SEE CENSUS GO OUT, THEY SAY THAT NUMBER CAN BE OFF BY 300,000.
THEY JUST HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE.
THEY ALSO HAVE FORCED ABORTIONS.
ALSO THINGS LIKE THEY WOULD KIDNAP CHILDREN AND A LOT
OF AMERICAN FAMILIES WOULD GO AND ADOPT CHILDREN AND
THINK THEY ARE PAYING AN ADOPTION FEE.
IT TURNS OUT THEY ARE JUST BUYING THE CHILDREN OFF THE
BLACK MARKET.
NOW THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT.
>> EVEN WHERE IT WASN'T FORCED ABORTIONS, THERE WAS
INCREDIBLE SOCIAL PRESSURE ON PARENTS TO NOT HAVE MORE THAN
ONE KID IN AREAS WHERE FINES AND FEES MIGHT HAVE BEEN LIGHTER.
THERE WERE SOME EXCEPTIONS.
BUT THEY ARE IN AN ONGOING STUDY PROCESS OF TRYING TO GIVE
SOME SMALL RIGHTS TO PEOPLE, THIS IS ONE THAT MIGHT
SOLVE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF ABANDONED PEOPLE, AND FORCED ABORTIONS.
BUT THIS COULD POSSIBLY HAVE NEGATIVE REPERCUSSIONS AS WELL.
THE POPULATION HAD BEEN GROWING INCREDIBLY.
THE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE PAST 50
YEARS MIGHT HELP CAP THAT DOWN, BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE
GENERALLY FEWER CHILDREN AS THEY GAIN MORE MONEY.
IF THEIR POPULATION STARTS TO GROW AGAIN, THAT COULD BE
DEVASTATING FOR CHINA.
I'M NOT SAYING THEY SHOULD CONTINUE THE POLICY, I AM
SAYING THEY SHOULD LOOK INTO OTHER WAYS TO INCENTIVIZE
OUTSIDE OF BANNING SOMETHING.
>> WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CONSEQUENCES OF AN
ESTABLISHED POLICY.
WE'RE GOING TO START SEEING MALE ORDERED GROOMS.
THEY NEED SOME WOMEN.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT I WONDER?
NOW WE HAVE A GENERATION OF ONLY CHILDREN.
HOLY CRAP.
>> YEAH, THEY ARE GOING TO NEED A SLAP.
>>THERE ARE STATISTICS OUT THERE THAT SAY THAT IN AMERICA
CRIME WENT DOWN BECAUSE ALL THE KIDS WHO WOULD PERPETRATE CRIMES
WERE ABORTED.
>>THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT SAY THAT.
>> SO, WILL THERE BE SOME KIND OF FEELING LIKE THAT?
THE PERSON WHO CREATED THIS ORIGINAL POPULATION THEORY,
SAME ALMA MATER, I'M JUST SAYING AT THIS POINT DO WE KNOW?
IT'S CRAZY.
DO WE HAVE THE FINAL GRAPHIC OF THE PROPOGANDA POSTER?
THERE'S SOME AMAZING WAYS THAT THEY TRY TO SELL THIS.
>> I THINK THEY ARE TRYING TO SHOW THAT IF YOU ONLY HAVE
ONE CHILD YOU ARE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO GET THE LOVE OF ONE.
I WAS A MIDDLE CHILD.
>> THUMBSUCKING?
MIDDLE CHILDREN ñ
>>IT DOES CAUSE PROBLEMS THOUGH.
YOU CAN ASSUME IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE BABY BOOM
GENERATION HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON AMERICA BY HAVING EXTRA KIDS.
HAVING ONE CERTAINLY WILL, AND THEN EVENTUALLY DOUBLING UP
LIKE THE GENERATIONS ARE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE HARDER
TIME UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEMS OF DIFFERENT GENERATIONS.
ESPECIALLY IN A PLACE THAT IS NOT ONLY IMPROVING THE
ECONOMY, BUT FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGING THEIR ECONOMY.
THEY ARE REORGANIZING AREAS OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND
THINGS OF THAT SORT.
THIS IS A PLACE THAT IS EXPERIENCING DOZENS OF
INTERSECTING NEW SOCIAL, AND TECHNOLOGICAL, ECONOMICAL,
AND FINANCIAL CHANGES.
>> 40 MILLION.
>> THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
THESE GUYS DON'T HAVE ANYONE TO MARRY.
I'M SORRY.
>> SO WE HAVE A BUNCH OF ONLY CHILDREN WHO CAN'T GET ANY.
>> THERE YOU GO, THEY SHOULD ALL JUST MARRY EACH OTHER
BECAUSE THERE ARE NO WOMEN, THEY ARE ALL GONE.
THAT'S A CALLOUS THING FOR ME TO SAY.
IT'S A SERIOUS ISSUE.
>> ISN'T THAT THE BEST PHOTO YOU HAVE EVER SEEN?
HE'S GOT ATOMIC POWER OVER HIS SHOULDER.
>> HE GETS THE FOOD OF TWO BABIES.
CHILDREN WILL BE SO LOVED THEY WILL DEVELOP POWER OVER THE
FUNDAMENTAL BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE UNIVERSE.
>> I CAN'T IMAGINE ANYTHING LIKE THAT HAPPENING IN AMERICA.
>> ONE CHILD?
>> CAN YOU IMAGINE?
THAT'S A HOROR MOVIE.
WE HAVE VERY LITTLE INFLUENCE ON AMERICAN LIFE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BAN SOMETHING TO CHANGE IT.
WE HAVE WAYS OF INCENTIVIZING SMALLER OR LARGER FAMILIES.
WE HAVE WAYS OF INFLUENCING WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND WORK
WITH TAX INCENTIVES AND THINGS OF THAT SORT.
WE CAN GAIN SOME OF THIS OUTCOME THAT THIS OVERT EXPLICIT SOCIAL
CONTROL HAS WHILE BEING LESS MANIPULATIVE IN A DIRECT WAY.