Re: Colonization stuff

Thomas Barclay wrote:

> Milady Beth say:
> A less savoury solution (and I'm not
> starting an argument, just making an
> observation) maybe the strict enforcement
> of laws on birth control, in much the same
> way as the Chinese enforced their one child
> laws in their seaboard provinces during the
> last decade or so.
>
> [Tomb] I recall hearing about the Chinese
> population control attempts in the 80s, but
> I seem to recall hearing in the 90s that the
> math showed it had been a bust and that
> they'd pooched it. Did it actually work?
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China's one-child policy has been a mixed bag.	Their population growth
has slowed, but it has not stopped, and there is an imbalance between
the sexes due to a preference for male children implemented by either
abortion or infanticide of females.  They are also coming to face a
problem with an aging population.

The one "success" of the program is that couples made up of only
children are allowed to have two children, but often choose to have