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(UEFS 2015 - Meio do ano) Nowhere to hide How retailers can find and up-sell you in the aisles Thanks to GPS, the apps on your phone have long been able to determine your general location. But what if they could do so with enough precision that a supermarket, say, could tempt you with digital coupons 5 depending on whether you were hovering near the white bread or bagels? It may sound far-fetched, but theres a good chance the technology is already built into your iPhone or Android device. All it takes for retailers to tap into it are small, 10 inexpensive transmitters called beacons. Heres how it works: using Bluetooth technology, handsets can pinpoint their position to within as little as 2 cm by receiving signals from the beacons stores install. Apples version of the concept is called iBeacon; its in use at its own 15 stores and is being tested by Macys, American Eagle, Safeway, the National Football League and Major League Baseball. Companies can then use your location to pelt you with special offers or simply monitor your movements. 20 But just as with GPS, they wont see you unless youve installed their apps and granted them access. By melding your physical position with facts theyve already collected about you from rewards programs, brick-and-mortar businesses can finally get the potentially profitable insight 25 into your shopping habits that online merchants now take for granted. The possibilities go beyond coupons. PayPal is readying a beacon that will let consumers pay for goods without swiping a card or removing a phone from their 30 pocket. Dough Thompson of industry site Beek.net predicts the technology will become an everyday reality by years end. But dont look for stores or venues to call attention to the devices. People wont know theses beacons are there, he says. Theyll just know their app 35 has suddenly become smarter. Four Ways Beacons Could Change Shopping and Leisure 1. LINE HINTS AT BALLPARKS OR STADIUMS When you step away to buy a hot dog, an app directs you to the closest concession stand with the shortest line. 2. INSTANT COUPONS IN DEPARTMENT STORES Linger in the jewelry department without buying anything and a coupon will pop up on your phone. 3. MORE CONTEXT AT MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES An app tells you historical information about each piece of art as you walk through the room. 4. REMINDERS AT GROCERY STORES An app reminds you of each item on your list when youre in the right aisle to pick it up. MCCRACKEN, Harry. Time, Mar 31, 2014, p.12. brick-and-mortar businesses (l. 23-24): traditional businesses that do not operate on the Internet. About the beacons, the author of the text says that they

(UEFS 2015 - Meio do ano) Nowhere to hide How retailers can find and up-sell you in the aisles Thanks to GPS, the apps on your phone have long been able to determine your general location. But what if they could do so with enough precision that a supermarket, say, could tempt you with digital coupons 5 depending on whether you were hovering near the white bread or bagels? It may sound far-fetched, but theres a good chance the technology is already built into your iPhone or Android device. All it takes for retailers to tap into it are small, 10 inexpensive transmitters called beacons. Heres how it works: using Bluetooth technology, handsets can pinpoint their position to within as little as 2 cm by receiving signals from the beacons stores install. Apples version of the concept is called iBeacon; its in use at its own 15 stores and is being tested by Macys, American Eagle, Safeway, the National Football League and Major League Baseball. Companies can then use your location to pelt you with special offers or simply monitor your movements. 20 But just as with GPS, they wont see you unless youve installed their apps and granted them access. By melding your physical position with facts theyve already collected about you from rewards programs, brick-and-mortar businesses can finally get the potentially profitable insight 25 into your shopping habits that online merchants now take for granted. The possibilities go beyond coupons. PayPal is readying a beacon that will let consumers pay for goods without swiping a card or removing a phone from their 30 pocket. Dough Thompson of industry site Beek.net predicts the technology will become an everyday reality by years end. But dont look for stores or venues to call attention to the devices. People wont know theses beacons are there, he says. Theyll just know their app 35 has suddenly become smarter. Four Ways Beacons Could Change Shopping and Leisure 1. LINE HINTS AT BALLPARKS OR STADIUMS When you step away to buy a hot dog, an app directs you to the closest concession stand with the shortest line. 2. INSTANT COUPONS IN DEPARTMENT STORES Linger in the jewelry department without buying anything and a coupon will pop up on your phone. 3. MORE CONTEXT AT MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES An app tells you historical information about each piece of art as you walk through the room. 4. REMINDERS AT GROCERY STORES An app reminds you of each item on your list when youre in the right aisle to pick it up. MCCRACKEN, Harry. Time, Mar 31, 2014, p.12. brick-and-mortar businesses (l. 23-24): traditional businesses that do not operate on the Internet. Among the different ways beacon software could influence customers habits, the only one not mentioned in the text is by

(UEFS 2015 - Meio do ano) Nowhere to hide How retailers can find and up-sell you in the aisles Thanks to GPS, the apps on your phone have long been able to determine your general location. But what if they could do so with enough precision that a supermarket, say, could tempt you with digital coupons 5 depending on whether you were hovering near the white bread or bagels? It may sound far-fetched, but theres a good chance the technology is already built into your iPhone or Android device. All it takes for retailers to tap into it are small, 10 inexpensive transmitters called beacons. Heres how it works: using Bluetooth technology, handsets can pinpoint their position to within as little as 2 cm by receiving signals from the beacons stores install. Apples version of the concept is called iBeacon; its in use at its own 15 stores and is being tested by Macys, American Eagle, Safeway, the National Football League and Major League Baseball. Companies can then use your location to pelt you with special offers or simply monitor your movements. 20 But just as with GPS, they wont see you unless youve installed their apps and granted them access. By melding your physical position with facts theyve already collected about you from rewards programs, brick-and-mortar businesses can finally get the potentially profitable insight 25 into your shopping habits that online merchants now take for granted. The possibilities go beyond coupons. PayPal is readying a beacon that will let consumers pay for goods without swiping a card or removing a phone from their 30 pocket. Dough Thompson of industry site Beek.net predicts the technology will become an everyday reality by years end. But dont look for stores or venues to call attention to the devices. People wont know theses beacons are there, he says. Theyll just know their app 35 has suddenly become smarter. Four Ways Beacons Could Change Shopping and Leisure 1. LINE HINTS AT BALLPARKS OR STADIUMS When you step away to buy a hot dog, an app directs you to the closest concession stand with the shortest line. 2. INSTANT COUPONS IN DEPARTMENT STORES Linger in the jewelry department without buying anything and a coupon will pop up on your phone. 3. MORE CONTEXT AT MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES An app tells you historical information about each piece of art as you walk through the room. 4. REMINDERS AT GROCERY STORES An app reminds you of each item on your list when youre in the right aisle to pick it up. MCCRACKEN, Harry. Time, Mar 31, 2014, p.12. brick-and-mortar businesses (l. 23-24): traditional businesses that do not operate on the Internet. Fill in the parentheses with T (True) or F (False). The text has answers to the following questions: ( ) What do retailers need so as to track customers purchases? ( ) How can brick-and-mortar businesses profit from the use of beacon software? ( ) Why wont it be possible for consumers to use their credit cards when paying for goods in this kind of transaction? ( ) What makes brick-and-mortar businesses different from online merchants? The correct sequence, from top to bottom, is

(UEFS 2015 - Meio do ano) Nowhere to hide How retailers can find and up-sell you in the aisles Thanks to GPS, the apps on your phone have long been able to determine your general location. But what if they could do so with enough precision that a supermarket, say, could tempt you with digital coupons 5 depending on whether you were hovering near the white bread or bagels? It may sound far-fetched, but theres a good chance the technology is already built into your iPhone or Android device. All it takes for retailers to tap into it are small, 10 inexpensive transmitters called beacons. Heres how it works: using Bluetooth technology, handsets can pinpoint their position to within as little as 2 cm by receiving signals from the beacons stores install. Apples version of the concept is called iBeacon; its in use at its own 15 stores and is being tested by Macys, American Eagle, Safeway, the National Football League and Major League Baseball. Companies can then use your location to pelt you with special offers or simply monitor your movements. 20 But just as with GPS, they wont see you unless youve installed their apps and granted them access. By melding your physical position with facts theyve already collected about you from rewards programs, brick-and-mortar businesses can finally get the potentially profitable insight 25 into your shopping habits that online merchants now take for granted. The possibilities go beyond coupons. PayPal is readying a beacon that will let consumers pay for goods without swiping a card or removing a phone from their 30 pocket. Dough Thompson of industry site Beek.net predicts the technology will become an everyday reality by years end. But dont look for stores or venues to call attention to the devices. People wont know theses beacons are there, he says. Theyll just know their app 35 has suddenly become smarter. Four Ways Beacons Could Change Shopping and Leisure 1. LINE HINTS AT BALLPARKS OR STADIUMS When you step away to buy a hot dog, an app directs you to the closest concession stand with the shortest line. 2. INSTANT COUPONS IN DEPARTMENT STORES Linger in the jewelry department without buying anything and a coupon will pop up on your phone. 3. MORE CONTEXT AT MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES An app tells you historical information about each piece of art as you walk through the room. 4. REMINDERS AT GROCERY STORES An app reminds you of each item on your list when youre in the right aisle to pick it up. MCCRACKEN, Harry. Time, Mar 31, 2014, p.12. brick-and-mortar businesses (l. 23-24): traditional businesses that do not operate on the Internet. The word up-sell (subtitle) should be understood as

(UEFS 2015 - Meio do ano) Nowhere to hide How retailers can find and up-sell you in the aisles Thanks to GPS, the apps on your phone have long been able to determine your general location. But what if they could do so with enough precision that a supermarket, say, could tempt you with digital coupons 5 depending on whether you were hovering near the white bread or bagels? It may sound far-fetched, but theres a good chance the technology is already built into your iPhone or Android device. All it takes for retailers to tap into it are small, 10 inexpensive transmitters called beacons. Heres how it works: using Bluetooth technology, handsets can pinpoint their position to within as little as 2 cm by receiving signals from the beacons stores install. Apples version of the concept is called iBeacon; its in use at its own 15 stores and is being tested by Macys, American Eagle, Safeway, the National Football League and Major League Baseball. Companies can then use your location to pelt you with special offers or simply monitor your movements. 20 But just as with GPS, they wont see you unless youve installed their apps and granted them access. By melding your physical position with facts theyve already collected about you from rewards programs, brick-and-mortar businesses can finally get the potentially profitable insight 25 into your shopping habits that online merchants now take for granted. The possibilities go beyond coupons. PayPal is readying a beacon that will let consumers pay for goods without swiping a card or removing a phone from their 30 pocket. Dough Thompson of industry site Beek.net predicts the technology will become an everyday reality by years end. But dont look for stores or venues to call attention to the devices. People wont know theses beacons are there, he says. Theyll just know their app 35 has suddenly become smarter. Four Ways Beacons Could Change Shopping and Leisure 1. LINE HINTS AT BALLPARKS OR STADIUMS When you step away to buy a hot dog, an app directs you to the closest concession stand with the shortest line. 2. INSTANT COUPONS IN DEPARTMENT STORES Linger in the jewelry department without buying anything and a coupon will pop up on your phone. 3. MORE CONTEXT AT MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES An app tells you historical information about each piece of art as you walk through the room. 4. REMINDERS AT GROCERY STORES An app reminds you of each item on your list when youre in the right aisle to pick it up. MCCRACKEN, Harry. Time, Mar 31, 2014, p.12. brick-and-mortar businesses (l. 23-24): traditional businesses that do not operate on the Internet. The conjunction in bold expresses what is stated on the right in alternative

(UEFS 2014 - Meio do ano) TEXTO: A team of Peruvian archaeologists has found a new trail leading to the Machu Picchu complex in Cusco, Peru even if much of the road is still heavily covered by thick vegetation. The discovery was announced by 5 the director of the Archaeological Park of Machu Picchu, Fernando Astete. The new road, almost a mile long, leads to the Wayraqtambo area located in the rear section of the citadel. A team of workers are still on site cleaning the path, 10 whose width varies between 3.9 and 4.5 feet, to clean the road of brushes and trees. At the moment, only intermittent retaining walls, up to 10 feet high, holding back Machu Picchu mountain can be seen. We dont know yet exactly how long or how tall the tunnel is, 15 Astete told Fox News Latino, explaining that much excavation needs to be done. The tunnel was built after 20 feet of earth and rock collapsed over the road, he added. [The Incas] had to break up all those rocks to construct the tunnel. 20 The road includes a tunnelaround 15 feet long and as much as 12 feet highbuilt with the rocks typical of Inca architecture. It is one of the finest examples of Inca engineering, Astete has said. Astete told FNL that the newly-discovered road 25 probably predates Machu Picchu itself, which was built at the height of the Inca Empire, around 1450, and was unknown to the outside world before being discovered in 1911 by the American historian Hiram Bingham. While Machu Picchus original purpose is still 30 unknown, one of the most popular theories about the site is that it was the royal retreat of the 15th-century Inca Emperor Pachacuti. According to a National Geographic report published in 2011, this idea maintains that Machu Picchu was a place for Pachacuti and his 35 royal court to relax, hunt, and entertain guests. Machu Picchu, which covers 32,592 hectares of mountain slopes, peaks and valleys, was declared one of UNESCOs World Heritage Sites in 1983. New Trail to Machu Picchu. Disponível em: http:// latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2014/06/06/new-trail-to-machupicchu-found-in-peru-nearly-mile-long-and-wit-tunnel/. Acesso em: 13 jun. 2014. Adaptado. Considering language use in the text, its correct to say:

(UEFS 2014- Meio do ano) TEXTO: Chinas one-child policy Chinas top legislature approved resolutions to officially amend its controversial one-child policy. The changes to the one-child policy will mean couples will be allowed to have two children if one of the parents was 5 an only child, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency. Currently, both parents must be sole children to be eligible for a second child. The one-child policy, which started in the 1970s, is believed to have prevented some 400 million births, 10 according to Xinhua. Although the policy has been applauded by many for slowing down Chinas rapid population growth, it has also been widely criticized for resulting in forced abortions and hefty fines for families. Some critics say the law hurts Chinas elderly, who 15 typically rely on their children for support in old age, and even constrains economic growth as the working-age population begins to decline. Since the 1990s, the birth rate has declined, with Chinese women giving birth to an average of 1.4 to 1.6 children. 20 The worlds most populous nation will soon have too few people or, rather, too few of the right kind of people. More than three decades of governmentmandated family planning have succeeded beyond the architects most grandiose dreams. Add to that the natural 25 inclination of richer, more educated people to limit their family size, and Chinas population growth is projected to gradually diminish within fifteen years. That would leave the Peoples Republic with a distorted population: too few youths, too few women and too many elderly. 30 Off icials say the easing of the one-child policy does not mean China is ending its family planning. China still has a large population. This has not changed. Many of our economic and social problems are rooted in this reality, said Jiang Fan, a National Peoples Congress 35 deputy, in Chinese media. We cannot risk the population growing out of control. PARK, Madison. Chinas one-child policy. Disponível em: http:// www.cnn.com/2013/12/28/world/asia/china-one-child-policy-official. Acesso em: 13 jun. 2014. Adaptado. Fill in the parentheses with T (True) or F (False). About Chinas one-child policy, its correct to say: ( ) It was implemented as an attempt to control Chinas population growth. ( ) It has become less strict to permit a second child to the general population. ( ) Nowadays, if both parents dont have any brothers and/or sisters, they are allowed to have a second child. ( ) It was unanimously supported by the Chinese population right from the very beginning. According to the text, the correct sequence, from top to bottom, is

(UEFS 2014 - Meio do ano) According to the last picture of the comic strip,

(UEFS 2014 - Meio do ano) According to this comic strip, the big cat, Garfield,

(UEFS 2014- Meio do ano) TEXTO: Chinas one-child policy Chinas top legislature approved resolutions to officially amend its controversial one-child policy. The changes to the one-child policy will mean couples will be allowed to have two children if one of the parents was 5 an only child, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency. Currently, both parents must be sole children to be eligible for a second child. The one-child policy, which started in the 1970s, is believed to have prevented some 400 million births, 10 according to Xinhua. Although the policy has been applauded by many for slowing down Chinas rapid population growth, it has also been widely criticized for resulting in forced abortions and hefty fines for families. Some critics say the law hurts Chinas elderly, who 15 typically rely on their children for support in old age, and even constrains economic growth as the working-age population begins to decline. Since the 1990s, the birth rate has declined, with Chinese women giving birth to an average of 1.4 to 1.6 children. 20 The worlds most populous nation will soon have too few people or, rather, too few of the right kind of people. More than three decades of governmentmandated family planning have succeeded beyond the architects most grandiose dreams. Add to that the natural 25 inclination of richer, more educated people to limit their family size, and Chinas population growth is projected to gradually diminish within fifteen years. That would leave the Peoples Republic with a distorted population: too few youths, too few women and too many elderly. 30 Off icials say the easing of the one-child policy does not mean China is ending its family planning. China still has a large population. This has not changed. Many of our economic and social problems are rooted in this reality, said Jiang Fan, a National Peoples Congress 35 deputy, in Chinese media. We cannot risk the population growing out of control. PARK, Madison. Chinas one-child policy. Disponível em: http:// www.cnn.com/2013/12/28/world/asia/china-one-child-policy-official. Acesso em: 13 jun. 2014. Adaptado. Critics of the one-child policy argue that it

(UEFS 2014- Meio do ano) TEXTO: Chinas one-child policy Chinas top legislature approved resolutions to officially amend its controversial one-child policy. The changes to the one-child policy will mean couples will be allowed to have two children if one of the parents was 5 an only child, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency. Currently, both parents must be sole children to be eligible for a second child. The one-child policy, which started in the 1970s, is believed to have prevented some 400 million births, 10 according to Xinhua. Although the policy has been applauded by many for slowing down Chinas rapid population growth, it has also been widely criticized for resulting in forced abortions and hefty fines for families. Some critics say the law hurts Chinas elderly, who 15 typically rely on their children for support in old age, and even constrains economic growth as the working-age population begins to decline. Since the 1990s, the birth rate has declined, with Chinese women giving birth to an average of 1.4 to 1.6 children. 20 The worlds most populous nation will soon have too few people or, rather, too few of the right kind of people. More than three decades of governmentmandated family planning have succeeded beyond the architects most grandiose dreams. Add to that the natural 25 inclination of richer, more educated people to limit their family size, and Chinas population growth is projected to gradually diminish within fifteen years. That would leave the Peoples Republic with a distorted population: too few youths, too few women and too many elderly. 30 Off icials say the easing of the one-child policy does not mean China is ending its family planning. China still has a large population. This has not changed. Many of our economic and social problems are rooted in this reality, said Jiang Fan, a National Peoples Congress 35 deputy, in Chinese media. We cannot risk the population growing out of control. PARK, Madison. Chinas one-child policy. Disponível em: http:// www.cnn.com/2013/12/28/world/asia/china-one-child-policy-official. Acesso em: 13 jun. 2014. Adaptado. The birth rate in China has __________ since the end of the last century. According to the text, the alternative that completes the blank correctly is

(UEFS 2014- Meio do ano) TEXTO: Chinas one-child policy Chinas top legislature approved resolutions to officially amend its controversial one-child policy. The changes to the one-child policy will mean couples will be allowed to have two children if one of the parents was 5 an only child, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency. Currently, both parents must be sole children to be eligible for a second child. The one-child policy, which started in the 1970s, is believed to have prevented some 400 million births, 10 according to Xinhua. Although the policy has been applauded by many for slowing down Chinas rapid population growth, it has also been widely criticized for resulting in forced abortions and hefty fines for families. Some critics say the law hurts Chinas elderly, who 15 typically rely on their children for support in old age, and even constrains economic growth as the working-age population begins to decline. Since the 1990s, the birth rate has declined, with Chinese women giving birth to an average of 1.4 to 1.6 children. 20 The worlds most populous nation will soon have too few people or, rather, too few of the right kind of people. More than three decades of governmentmandated family planning have succeeded beyond the architects most grandiose dreams. Add to that the natural 25 inclination of richer, more educated people to limit their family size, and Chinas population growth is projected to gradually diminish within fifteen years. That would leave the Peoples Republic with a distorted population: too few youths, too few women and too many elderly. 30 Off icials say the easing of the one-child policy does not mean China is ending its family planning. China still has a large population. This has not changed. Many of our economic and social problems are rooted in this reality, said Jiang Fan, a National Peoples Congress 35 deputy, in Chinese media. We cannot risk the population growing out of control. PARK, Madison. Chinas one-child policy. Disponível em: http:// www.cnn.com/2013/12/28/world/asia/china-one-child-policy-official. Acesso em: 13 jun. 2014. Adaptado. Considering the primary concern of the government-mandated family planning in China, the author of the text recognizes that it has

(UEFS 2014- Meio do ano) TEXTO: Chinas one-child policy Chinas top legislature approved resolutions to officially amend its controversial one-child policy. The changes to the one-child policy will mean couples will be allowed to have two children if one of the parents was 5 an only child, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency. Currently, both parents must be sole children to be eligible for a second child. The one-child policy, which started in the 1970s, is believed to have prevented some 400 million births, 10 according to Xinhua. Although the policy has been applauded by many for slowing down Chinas rapid population growth, it has also been widely criticized for resulting in forced abortions and hefty fines for families. Some critics say the law hurts Chinas elderly, who 15 typically rely on their children for support in old age, and even constrains economic growth as the working-age population begins to decline. Since the 1990s, the birth rate has declined, with Chinese women giving birth to an average of 1.4 to 1.6 children. 20 The worlds most populous nation will soon have too few people or, rather, too few of the right kind of people. More than three decades of governmentmandated family planning have succeeded beyond the architects most grandiose dreams. Add to that the natural 25 inclination of richer, more educated people to limit their family size, and Chinas population growth is projected to gradually diminish within fifteen years. That would leave the Peoples Republic with a distorted population: too few youths, too few women and too many elderly. 30 Off icials say the easing of the one-child policy does not mean China is ending its family planning. China still has a large population. This has not changed. Many of our economic and social problems are rooted in this reality, said Jiang Fan, a National Peoples Congress 35 deputy, in Chinese media. We cannot risk the population growing out of control. PARK, Madison. Chinas one-child policy. Disponível em: http:// www.cnn.com/2013/12/28/world/asia/china-one-child-policy-official. Acesso em: 13 jun. 2014. Adaptado. The author of this text believes that, within fifteen years,

(UEFS 2014- Meio do ano) TEXTO: Chinas one-child policy Chinas top legislature approved resolutions to officially amend its controversial one-child policy. The changes to the one-child policy will mean couples will be allowed to have two children if one of the parents was 5 an only child, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency. Currently, both parents must be sole children to be eligible for a second child. The one-child policy, which started in the 1970s, is believed to have prevented some 400 million births, 10 according to Xinhua. Although the policy has been applauded by many for slowing down Chinas rapid population growth, it has also been widely criticized for resulting in forced abortions and hefty fines for families. Some critics say the law hurts Chinas elderly, who 15 typically rely on their children for support in old age, and even constrains economic growth as the working-age population begins to decline. Since the 1990s, the birth rate has declined, with Chinese women giving birth to an average of 1.4 to 1.6 children. 20 The worlds most populous nation will soon have too few people or, rather, too few of the right kind of people. More than three decades of governmentmandated family planning have succeeded beyond the architects most grandiose dreams. Add to that the natural 25 inclination of richer, more educated people to limit their family size, and Chinas population growth is projected to gradually diminish within fifteen years. That would leave the Peoples Republic with a distorted population: too few youths, too few women and too many elderly. 30 Off icials say the easing of the one-child policy does not mean China is ending its family planning. China still has a large population. This has not changed. Many of our economic and social problems are rooted in this reality, said Jiang Fan, a National Peoples Congress 35 deputy, in Chinese media. We cannot risk the population growing out of control. PARK, Madison. Chinas one-child policy. Disponível em: http:// www.cnn.com/2013/12/28/world/asia/china-one-child-policy-official. Acesso em: 13 jun. 2014. Adaptado. Fill in the parentheses with T (True) or F (False). Considering the future of Chinas one-child law, Chinese officials like Jiang Fan ( ) think that this policy is consistent with the nations plan for population growth. ( ) emphasize that this policy is supposed to continue. ( ) believe that the government intends to make it even stricter. ( ) are in favor of abolishing this law as soon as possible. According to the text, the correct sequence, from top to bottom, is

(UEFS 2014- Meio do ano) TEXTO: Chinas one-child policy Chinas top legislature approved resolutions to officially amend its controversial one-child policy. The changes to the one-child policy will mean couples will be allowed to have two children if one of the parents was 5 an only child, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency. Currently, both parents must be sole children to be eligible for a second child. The one-child policy, which started in the 1970s, is believed to have prevented some 400 million births, 10 according to Xinhua. Although the policy has been applauded by many for slowing down Chinas rapid population growth, it has also been widely criticized for resulting in forced abortions and hefty fines for families. Some critics say the law hurts Chinas elderly, who 15 typically rely on their children for support in old age, and even constrains economic growth as the working-age population begins to decline. Since the 1990s, the birth rate has declined, with Chinese women giving birth to an average of 1.4 to 1.6 children. 20 The worlds most populous nation will soon have too few people or, rather, too few of the right kind of people. More than three decades of governmentmandated family planning have succeeded beyond the architects most grandiose dreams. Add to that the natural 25 inclination of richer, more educated people to limit their family size, and Chinas population growth is projected to gradually diminish within fifteen years. That would leave the Peoples Republic with a distorted population: too few youths, too few women and too many elderly. 30 Off icials say the easing of the one-child policy does not mean China is ending its family planning. China still has a large population. This has not changed. Many of our economic and social problems are rooted in this reality, said Jiang Fan, a National Peoples Congress 35 deputy, in Chinese media. We cannot risk the population growing out of control. PARK, Madison. Chinas one-child policy. Disponível em: http:// www.cnn.com/2013/12/28/world/asia/china-one-child-policy-official. Acesso em: 13 jun. 2014. Adaptado. The only pair of opposites is in alternative