¿Una oportunidad perdida? Políticas de control demográfico en la China de Mao (1949-1976)

This article analyzes the birth control policies in China during the Maoist era (1949- 1976). Considering Chinese and foreign sources, it is explained how the different campaigns of family planning took place and how these campaigns were subjected positively and negatively to the policies of the supreme leader Mao Zedong. Although only the last one had a real impact on the fight against overpopulation, all campaigns helped to promote the necessity of confronting this phenomenon. More importantly, they laid the foundations of the birth control policies that currently take place in China