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Little Emperors

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Willy The Londoner:
In recent times the authorities have realised that the continuation of the one child policy may have to be relaxed not because it is unworkable but simply because with a population now living longer they  require more persons working to enable better pensions to be paid.

But the one child policy itself was flouted so much anyway.

If a couple are both the result of one child families then they can have two children.

As they are becoming richer more people can afford to pay the penalties of having two or more children.

The ruling does not apply to those from rural areas. This results in the fact that many couples in the cities are originally from the rural areas and they retain their living status as from those areas.  As a result children are registered in these locations but they end up being parted from families living in cities as their children have to go to the school in the area they are registered, unless the parents pay for them to attend city schools privately!

Come school holiday times the number of kids in our complex must double as they come back to the city to spend time with parents.

But there again my wife has three children and the son has the traits of a 'Little Emperor even though he was bought up with siblings.  The two girls are great to have stay but he is not welcomed at anyone family members home!

Willy

David K:
The little emperor syndrome has wider implications than just China.
In New Zealand we have a bone headed immigration policy* that allows
well heeled people into NZ provided they bring their loot with them.
And guess what, most of these 'entrepreneurs' are from China. 
They bring with them the very same exploitative business practices that made them
rich in China, and they bring with them the little emperors....

So we now have:
 Little business springing up that offer half the legal minimum wage, usually to other immigrants
 A whole "high fliers" floor on the local casino that is primarily for asian gamblers, and has a record of drug money laundering
 Large numbers of pale faced, cigarette smoking young males, with late model fast (lowered) cars that hang about in the city center, who wouldn't dream of lowering themselves to working for a living...
 ( they have a built in ATM.....Ask The Mother.. )

Because I do (voluntary) English language tutoring, I see a lot of this first hand.
Its not all bad - the Chinese crime rate is lower than the national average, and thanks
to my lovely Mongolian/Chinese wife, our home is now a place of harmony..

But decisions made in China ripple throughout the rest of the world
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* Not as bone headed as the UK tho..
   11 Million "imports" who are delighted to have a state that "cares" for them  :-)

Willy The Londoner:

--- Quote from: David K on January 21, 2013, 03:24:56 pm ---

But decisions made in China ripple throughout the rest of the world


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Maybe not in my lifetime but others on here will see that the influence of China, having become the biggest economy in the World, will have an effect on the whole of civilisation.

They have been able to achieve this due to the're political system. Western governments are now trying to impose austerity measures to relieve there burden of debt and at the same time trying to appease the voters.   China has not achieved this debt, the western world owe their financial survival to China who buys up the debts of democracy.

Willy

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