One Child: The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment
By Mei Wong
Wong, an ethnic Chinese reporter, has unique access to the hearts and words of modern Chinese nationals. She writes of the consequences of China's efforts to curb rampant population growth by imposting a radical law prohibiting couples from producing more than one child (with a few exceptions). Wong includes many personal accounts of forcible abortions and exorbitant fines imposed on those who defied the law, as well as the growing burden thrust upon today's only children to support aging parents. Fong intersperses her account of the efforts to curb population growth with her own discouraging efforts to have a child. International adoptions and infertility treatments are also covered. Interesting story - with repercussions to come for years.
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