This was the world into which China emerged after a decade of isolation following the Cultural Revolution. It was in a unique position. While places like India and Indonesia also imposed population curbs, only China had both the authoritarian political structure and the social and cultural readiness to push through these ideas on a grand scale. While Western scientists like the Club of Rome were expounding theories of population control as intellectual exercises, Chinese scientists were prepared to put these ideas into practice on a real population, with few to no fail-safe mechanisms.
Population control bukan konsep asing, bisa ditemukan di berbagai negara, tapi hanya China yang punya ekosistem yang tepat utk aplikasi konsep ini dalam skala besar.
