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Stage 3 Opinions on issues 1. What is your opinion of the one child-policy? A I agree with Chinas one-child policy. I think that China needs to control its population right now. How else can we make China strong and provide enough food and education for all the people? Perhaps in the future when our country is more developed, we can allow people to have more children. But for now, the governments policy on family planning is necessary. B I disagree with the one-child policy. I think people should be allowed to have as many children as they want. There are a lot of families who need more than one child in order to take care of their farmlands. The peasants are the ones who are suffering the most, because in the past, they used to be able to have more than one child to help with the work. In the city, many families only want to have one child anyways. I do hope that this policy will change very soon, because its not a fair policy. 2. Do you think smoking is a problem that needs special attention? Does smoking need special attention? Thats an interesting question. I suppose it does. A lot of people in China arent aware of the health consequences of smoking. They just smoke because its socially acceptable to do so. If more people knew they could get cancer from smoking, theyd probably stop, or at least smoke less. I know that the tobacco industry is big business, and if we tried to get rid of smoking, wed also be getting rid of jobs, but at the very least, people should be told about the potential dangers of smoking. That way they can make an informed choice about whether to smoke or not. | 
