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One Child Policy in China
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Chinese I Examination How useful is the article, "Childless Couples" for understanding contemporary Chinese social attitudes? In the hope of determining how useful the article "Childless Couples" is in helping to understand contemporary Chinese social attitudes it is necessary to investigate different sources relating to both modern and traditional Chinese social attitudes. After reading this article thoroughly and other relative materials, this paper will proceed to argue that although "Childless Couples" does raise the valid modern social concerns of the diminishing role of the family in Chinese society, it can only be considered of limited use in helping to understand the contemporary Chinese social attitudes. The article does not comment on social attitudes as a whole, but instead choses to focus on just one, the role of the family. This is of great social significance but in order for the article to be of true use it should consider a wider range of social issues and contain a more detailed account. Thus, in supporting the argument that this article is of limited use in helping to understand modern Chinese social attitudes it is most relevant to focus particularly on the issue at hand, the change in family structure in China. By briefly evaluating the information in the article "Childless Couples" a solid basis for argument can be formed. The article is given a personal edge by focusing on a member of the public, Wendy Chen and provides a seemingly balanced piece with segments on statistics, traditional family values and a reflective paragraph to close. However, it is necessary to reiterate the way in which this article excludes other social issues from this account of how attitudes have changed from traditional to contemporary China. This is what prevents this seemingly well-constructed argument from being truly useful in helping to understand modern Chinese social attitudes. The article "Childless Couples" was written by a journalist for the Shanghai Star in March of 2003. The article is based upon a recently married Chinese couple, and more particularly Wendy Chen, the bride. Opposing strong social Chinese traditions, Chen announced to her family after their wedding day that she and her new husband would not be having children. Wendy Chen felt that she was "…still so young and have a lot of things to do. Every day we are busy with our business and we have no time to bring up a child.
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