This topic is the one that I have long been interested in. I was born in 1987, so therefore I am the only child in my family. I had experienced the feelings of being the only child of the family. When I read an article appeared on the Straits Times, which discussed the birth control problem in China, I was attracted and I decided to do some research on this topic.

There are actually quite a lot of articles about the birth control policy in China on the Internet. But when I read through them, I found many of them are biased, or just simply not credible. So I turned to the NIE library to look for some printed materials. There were in fact only a few books that are about this topic, and they were all very useful for my research. Although it really took me a lot of time reading through these books, I still found it worthwhile.

I am surprised to see how efficient the one-child policy of China is. Although I do not wholly agree with this policy, I still find it beneficial to the Chinese society as well as the economy. The thing that I found needed to be improved is the way in which the local officials implement the policy. Also, I feel that it would be better if every couple could have 2 children, which is what I have always been hoping.