Yesterday on BBC ( http://www.bbcworld.com I watched this documentary on how China is keeping check on its growing population and at the same time taking care of citizens.
The documentary covered one aspect featuring incentives given by chinese govt to people who have girl child. In China, it is law to have only one child. People who go for second child are not given any incentives. On other hand, people who get girl as their first child are allowed to go in for second child. The reason being most of China is base on agricilutre and rural areas, where parents support in their old age from their son.Govt funds education of girl chidl till she grows up to look after her parents.
The second aspect showed how young people are moving towards big cities like Beijing to work and earn more money.They covered one family whose boy has moved to Beijing to work as labour and earn $4 a day from which he saves money and send it back to its family in village.
With Olympics due in 2008, China is moving fast with its infrastructure and development.
China surely catching up fast with global economy... India any lessonss??
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