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The population of china is 1.3-4 billion
bchung  Updated: 2004-01-30 16:37

Some reports in China have claimed that china is not able to produce as much food to sustain this huge population.

I can't really remember, but I think its about 20 years for India to have a bigger population in china.

Problems:

Many places in china are still very old fashioned, they don't like girls and only boys. As a result baby girls are left on the streets and sometimes even killed. Also this will cause the huge difference between male and female population.

Creating a lot of SPOILED BRATS. I mean it and I am seeing it already. Kids shouting, swearing, spitting and gets whatever they want. This is also the problem when you are only allowed to have one kid. Since Chinese families like big families because it means prosperous (but in reality its not that true) As a result parents will give and listen to whatever that only kid wants, no more strict rules. well not all families are like this, but i am seeing lot of kids doing something wrong and the parents defend them and seems to me they can do anything they want to.

Problems solved:

Like it or not this is actually better than china. Some farmers have so many kids that there is no way they can feed their 6+ children. Not to forget clothing, health, etc also. Many families are staving and that fact is that their families are just too large to sustain. You know to Chinese to have many kids means prosperous so it explains our huge population. I remember visiting Guangzhou two years ago, I saw a family of 12 on the streets, and the wife is pregnant again, so making it 13. Just like some beggars I may give them a dollar but normally I prefer to give left over food, so food is more useful to them then money, if those money doesn't go to their pockets, since CCTV news have showed that some Chinese polices are behind this beggars gang or at least being bribe and turning a blind eye to it. So I wonder how would 2 dollars help that family I doubt it can even give them one meal while it could feed a normal family of three or four in china at least one meal.

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