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One Child: The Story of China’s Most Radical Experiment

Mei Fong

Did China's one child policy really drive its economic rise, or has it left the country too old, too male and too few?

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Author
Mei Fong

Why read it

  • You will question the common belief that the one child policy powered China's economic growth
  • You will see the real source of the boom the author names: abundant cheap labor from the baby boom before the policy began
  • You will spot the crash diet pattern in policy: radical means, quick results and a rash of harmful side effects

Who it is for

  • A reader of China news who wants demographics explained
  • A parent or child of the one child generation
  • A business reader weighing China's aging workforce

Contents

  1. Author’s Note
  2. Prologue
  3. After the Quake
  4. And the Clock Struck 8/8/08
  5. Cassandra and the Rocketmen
  6. The Population Police
  7. Little Emperors, Grown Up
  8. Welcome to the Dollhouse
  9. Better to Struggle to Live On, Than Die a Good Death
  10. The Red Thread Is Broken
  11. Babies Beyond Borders
  12. Epilogue

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