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====China==== When the [[People's Republic of China]] came to power in 1949, the [[Government of China|Chinese government]] viewed population growth as a growth in development and progress. The population at the time was around 540 million.<ref name="China Daily">{{cite news|title=Total population, CBR, CDR, NIR and TFR of China (1949β2000)|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010census/2010-08/20/content_11182379.htm|newspaper=China Daily}}</ref> Therefore, [[abortion]] and sterilization were restricted. With these policies and the social and economic improvements associated with the new regime, rapid population growth ensued.<ref name="Seeking Zero Growth"/> By the end of the [[Cultural Revolution]] in 1971, and with a population of 850 million, population control became a top priority of the government.<ref name="China Daily"/> Within six years, more than thirty million sterilizations were performed on men and women. Soon, the well-known [[one-child policy]] was enforced, which came along with many incentives for parents to maintain a one-child family. This included free books, materials, and food for the child through primary school if both parents agreed to sterilization. The policy also came with harsh consequences for not adhering to the one-child limit. For example, in [[Shanghai]], parents with "extra children" must pay between three and six times the city's average yearly income in "social maintenance fees".<ref name="Consequences of the one-child policy">{{cite news|last=The Economist Online|title=Consequences of the one-child policy: Perils of motherhood|url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/analects/2012/06/consequences-one-child-policy|newspaper=The Economist|date=June 16, 2012}}</ref> In the past decade, the restrictions on family size and reproduction have lessened. The Chinese government has found that by giving incentives and disincentives that are more far-reaching than a one-time incentive to be sterilized, families are more willing to practice better family planning. These policies seem to be less coercive as well, as families are better able to see the long-term effects of their sterilization rather than being tempted with a one-time sum.
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