More sentences about food…
1. 我想要一碗蛋花汤。
2. 你喜欢吃什么？
3. 中国和美国的雪碧雪碧味道不一样。
4. 我喜欢吃锅贴。
5. 再来一瓶啤酒！
My thoughts about “Beijingers split on having only one child”
When I stumbled across this article, I found it very interesting because it shows that there are some changes in public opinion regarding reproduction where the majority surveyed in Beijing revealed that they do not care whether or not their child is a boy or a girl. Moreover, most people want to only have one child, not really needing the One Child Policy to dictate how many kids they can have. I find this interesting because the increasing neutral preference to the gender of the baby reflects the changing perspective that females can indeed have the same ability as males to bring in the money and be self-sufficient as well as supporting their parents. The decrease in enforcement of the One Child Policy also reflects the current economy, which can explain why many couple only wants one child without government intervention – because it is very expensive to raise a child, regardless of what country the child is born. The statistics demonstrated in this article, however, represents predominantly those who live in urban Beijing and not really rural Beijing where there is still a predominant view on reproduction, that you need more than one child to support the farm, and that it is better to have male children.
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