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发表于 2010-4-8 11:47
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I think the population problem is just like the jelly.
Once you eat a jelly, you’ll feel sweet and juicy, that’s why many children like to eat jelly very much. But they seldom discover the danger behind the happiness. We have seen some reports on newspaper that some children died because the jelly sucked in their throat, they can’t breathe, so they died.
The overpopulation problem has similar characteristics. We can have a lot of benefits from a large population, for example, cheap labor, developed manufacture and agriculture industry. However, until recent twenty to thirty years have we discovered the serious result of overpopulation——the damage of the environment, the shortage of energy, etc.
As you can see, overpopulation is just like a jelly, is just like a double-edged sword. Therefore, we have to be clear about its advantages and disadvantages. Otherwise, we’ll certainly be hurt by this sword.
Our country, China, is a country which takes up nearly a quarter of the world’s population. Some people might think that ZPG is really a very suitable goal for China. However, I don’t think so.
Currently, only Germany and Britain, these two developed countries have nearly achieved this goal with the population growth at about 0.5%. However, it’s really difficult for China because on the one hand, since China is a big agricultural country, many people are farmers. They want to give birth to children as many as they can in order to earn more money and have a better life. The number of this kind of people is too big to tell each of them to adopt one-child policy.
On the other hand, on the way to ZPG, maybe China will face even more difficulties, such as the aging problem. When the government concentrates on controlling the birth rate of the baby, they ignore the mortality rate. Because of the high living standard, the average life span of a person is increasing. In that way, fewer children are born and less people are dead, there’ll be less labor. China’s development will then be limited! Can you imagine the serious result of the aging problem?
So my conclusion is—ZPG is a good idea for many European countries, but not a good choice for China..