One Child: The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment (Audiobook)

from lydia1879

Well, this was a relatively fascinating read. There are so many aspects to China's One Child policy and what makes it what it is, and Fong sets out to disentangle the many threads that make up this subversive policy. Unlike most people who read this book and reviewed it, I enjoyed Fong's story ab...

from bezoar44

Blending journalism and history with a pinch of personal essay, this book argues that China's 'one child' policy has had a number of terrible consequences. I'm glad to have read it, and learned a lot, but Fong's thesis deserves a better treatment than this. From the outset, I think most observers...

from froxgirl

Interesting analysis of this misbegotten policy that had led to an imbalance of genders and to changes in social policy to take care of elders who formerly could count on daughters to manage their sunset years. Now there are no daughters to do it, and much fewer daughters-in-law, because boys and...

from sylliu

A fascinating and in depth exploration of China's One Child Policy and all its political, economic, social, and psychological ramifications. Sometimes a bit academic, but a truly important topic with enormous implications for China and the world.