Tuesday, July 31, 2007

The Future of Chinese Population

Today, the pollution problem has become a big concern, and people have interest in the largest country, China’s population.

According to “China's Population: Readings and Maps”, Chinese population has continued to rise until 20th century and today, they have about 1.3 billion people. And this writer argues about the following three points; the size of Chinese population, the change of this, and the population problem today.

First point is about how large Chinese population is. The writer shows the fact that the Chinese have the 1/5 population in the world. Still, China has huge land, this number is too big. The number of people gained each year is declining today, but 12 million people, as much as the population of NY, increases surely.

Second point is about the change of this population by Chinese policies. During the 20th century, the Chinese government thinks this huge population is a serious problem, and acts to reduce the number of people. For example, the one-child policy is famous. This law requires people to have fewer children, 1 is best, 2 are better, and 3 are bad. However, from the view of human rights, there are some opinions against those policies. Besides, those policies succeeded and population started to decrease, but in a huge population, the result can’t be so remarkable. Then, the change of population is not only the number, but also the form. Today, more Chinese are likely to live in an urban area and the number of old people is increasing because of long life expectancy.

Third point is about the population problem of China. Now, the material to use as energy is decreasing in China, although it has huge land. Needless to say, the population by those large population makes us worry.

By those points, which problems we can guess and try to prevent in China’s future? I think there will be these three things; the shortage of jobs, the high-pressure on children, and the dependence on resource of other countries.
The first problem is the shortage of jobs. The huge population will lead to this problem. This article explains, now the number of Chinese who are under 14 is 319,244,000, and that of U.S is 58,196,000. Besides, many people live in the country are still poor and there are few good jobs.

The second problem is the high pressure on Chinese children. For the policy to reduce population, most Chinese families have 1 or 2 children. Until today, the care for the old family is shared with a large number of brothers, however, now, they should have the weight with less number of brother. Besides, the small the number of children is, the more the amount of hope by their families is.

The third problem is the dependence on the resource of other countries. The shortage of domestic material encourages the import from foreign countries. Because of this problem, China can be poor and not free from relationships with other countries.

In conclusion, the Chinese government should not only solve the overpopulation problem, but also think about problems that can happen in the future. And there are some countries that have already those problems, like Japan. China can use those countries’ experiences for themselves.

Reference
China's Population: Readings and Maps (n.d.). Columbia University, East Asian Curriculum Project Retrieved (n.d) from
http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/china/geog/population.htm

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Chinese population

In the world, it is the common opinion that China has the largest population. And, nowadays, it is also said that this is a serious problem from the world pollution and the shortage of material in the earth because of the huge number of people. What can we do for solving those things? That is the thinking about the largest country’s population. If we know about that, we can get the idea for those problems.

This article, China,,(2007).In Encyclopedia Britannica, shows the change of the Chinese population. And there are three things that the writer wants to discuss; China until now, the government plans, and the future of China. China has continued the growth of its population. In BC 800, still this number is not accurate; the population is just 59.6 million. However, the low death rate because of the better health and medicine has increased the population, then that had surpassed 1.3 billion in the 21th century. This is an awful number. On the other hand, the writer said, “Since 1970, however, when the third family-planning program was launched, state efforts have been much more effective. China's population growth rate is now among the lowest for a developing country,”. That is to say,some of the Chinese force of the growth of population can be weaked by success of the some government’s plans. But, the writer continues his words, “Although, because its population is so huge, annual net population growth is still considerable”. We can think the population rate will rise for now.

The Chinese population will rise more. Therefore we should do something to solve those problems due to over population. And these are the following three actions; supplying education, pushing emigration from China, and inventing something against pollutions.

The first point is to give more knowledge about contraception for Chinese people. because many people in developing countries don’t have opportunities to get enough education and they don’t know how to avoid the pregnancy. If they can make their good family-plan, they will have better lives and the pollution will stop increasing.

The second point is to encourage their emigration for foreign countries, because of Chinese gathering in one place, the sources of the land decreasing rapidly and much pollution appeariy. So, if people go out from China, those problems will be lighter. Like Japan and Italy, some countries do not have enough people to work. As long as the immigration has no confusion, people of the countries say welcome. And for this success, both governments, China and other countries should have a good relationship and plan to how to make the emigration successful.

The third point is to study for the invention that reduces over-population problems. If they have high quality skills for solving those problems, over population is not so bad. In the developed country, some inventions are studied like the alternative energy, and good handling of trash and those trends should be adopted in China.

Still, some people say that the earth can suppot a greater number of people and over population is not true. However, this opinion is wrong, actuary, the shortage of oil and wood, the dissolution of the ice in the North Pole, and the collapse of the ozone hole is starting. Our earth has a limit of the population.

In conclusion, for solving over population problems, we should be careful about China. However, unfortunately, some developed countries have bad relationships with China. And we should start to grow up good connections to deal with the huge population that will not stop for the time being.




Reference,

“China” (2007). In Encyclopedia Britannica.
Retrieved July 16, 2007, from Encyclopedia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-70958

Monday, July 16, 2007

Growth in the city

Today, many people say parents should raise their kids in a country. But this advice is really good? No. Children should be brought up in a city, because of these three points; the wealth of friendships, the knowledge of the risks in a city, and the good opportunity.

The first point is the wealth of friendships. Children can have more good friendships in a city then in a country. There are many problem in countries whose populations are decreasing, and one of them is the depopulation in countryside. Usually few young people live there, and there is a really small school or no school. If the family lives in a little village, it is hard for children to go to school, make friends, and play with them. On the other hand, the children who live in a city are likely to have many opportunities to make good friendships and experiences with friends. Then, in a city, there are a lot of spaces to play, for example, the shops which sell fashionable things for reasonable prises, many kind of amusement parks, and good cafes. And those places are very important for teenagers' playing. They make friendships there. However, in a country, they have no or few places to have fun for teenagers. This is why many young people who live in the country want to go out of it. For keeping your children from stress and dullness, parents should grow up them in a city.

The second point is the knowledge of the risk in the city. The risk to be suffered from bad things in a city is higher in a country's children than in a city's. Today, many young people come to a city in order to get more educations or good jobs. However, unfortunately, some of them get
involved with crime, because of their shortage of knowledge about cities. Sometimes They don't know that they must not listen to someone who speaks them in the street. However, children who live in a city have a lot of experiences to avoid the danger, because they have grown up there. Besides, newcomers from the country can be tired and anxious too much, because of being in an alien place. Then there are rooms to come into by who want to cheat them. If children will go to a city in the future, they should be raised in a city now.

The third point is the great opportunities they can get in a city. The more opportunities children have, the better for their growth. And, citis have many places to study, work and satisfy thier interests. There are famous universities, good companies, and many places to develop themselves.Of course they can suffer from the limit of money or no understanding by their families; still thay have another way. If you live in a city, you can choose what you want. Then, in cities,there is a variety of people. There is a large thinking, experience, knowledge,sense of values. The meeting with people who are not like one is a really good thing for children.

There are some opinions that say to raise children in the country for the reason still. They claim that is the good relationship. According to their opinions, people in the country are more friendly and kind than people in the city and they can have better effects of children’s growth at the society communication ability. However, this opinion is not true, because children need not only the opportunity to toke with the older people but also that to meet other children who are similar age. And in the country, they have less such opportunities than in the big cities. That is to say, it is better that raise their children in the city.

In conclusion, parents had better make decision to raise their children in the city. For their good future, less stressful and safety lives, city life is necessary. The country is just for vacation or living by older people. However, it is true that the fee for renting or buying the house in the city is really heavy for the young family, and they should start to save money for that purpose.

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

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