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Similarities and Differences between China and the USA **Do** you know the difference between China’s population and the USA’s? The USA has a very different population than China. There are interesting facts about China and the USA. When you read this paper you will learn a lot about the differences and how they are alike. **The** original idea of the one- child policy was economic, to reduce the demand of natural resources, maintaining a steady labor rate, reducing unemployment caused from surplus labor, and reducing the rate of taking advantage of resources. The United States also has a small problem in their population. In terms of damage to the planet and depletion of its resources, they argue, 275 million Americans create a greater environmental impact than 1.25 billion Chinese or one billion Indians. Also, despite living in the richest and most powerful nation on Earth- American citizens are suffering many of the same declines in quality of life associates with population growth in the regions. The USA and Chinese are kind of alike in this concept. **In** China they have adoption centers that are getting filled, because of the one- child policy. The social pressure did too much about the one-child policy, because it has affected the rate at which parents abandon undesirable children. Many live in state sponsored orphanages, from which thousands are adopted internationally and by Chinese parents each year. In the USA we don’t have any problems with our adoption centers, but politically, the USA is considered to be “prenatal,” meaning that it has national policies in place that encourage people to have more children. Foremost among these policies is an income tax structure that offers greater deductions for larger families. Recent political movements to grant additional tax credits for children and their college reinforce this trend. China and the USA are very different in this situation. **With** just over 1.3 billion people (1, 330, 044, 605 as of mid- 2008), China is the world’s most populous country. As the world’s population is approximately 6.7 billion, China represents a full 20% of the world’s population so 1 in every 5 people on the planet is a residence of China. As recently as 1950’s, China’s population was a mere 563 million. The population grew dramatically through the decades to 1 billion in the early 1980s. The USA entered 2010 with a population of more than 308.4 million, (308, 400, 408). That’s a 2.6 million person increase-0.9% from the estimate that entered 2009. China has a much higher population than the USA and that’s why China has a population policy. **Now** that you have learned all about China’s population and the differences and similarities, what do you think? Do you like their idea of the China policy? How different do you think the United States is from China? When you’re done reading this tell me what you think. J