Mao Zedong, the Communist reformer of the state of China, the "people's" leader, first expressed his thoughts and concerns on population in 1949; "Even if China's population multiplies many times, she is fully capable of finding a solution, the solution is production." (Xizhe, 17) Mao Zedong's views were certainly embraced as he encouraged the population to have many children to make the country strong. ... It is approximated that the total population of China grew almost 200 percent in size under Zedong. ... The 1953 census made Mao rethink his take on population growth and...

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A Brief History After a century of wars and epidemics that left serious damages; the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949. Crude birth rate had fallen from 37 to 20 per thousand and life expectancy had doubled drastically from approximately 35 years to 66 years. The communist leader Mao ...

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China, the largest country in the world, is in the ongoing process of rapid economical development. With a large population, China has a strong potential to affect many different countries. However, large population can be a disadvantage to Chinese government. With an uncontrollable population, Chin...

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