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One Child : Life, Love and Parenthood in Modern China

by Mei Fong
One Child : Life, Love and Parenthood in Modern China - Thryft
One Child : Life, Love and Parenthood in Modern China - Thryft

Intimate exploration of China's controversial one-child policy.

This book is a gripping and intimate exploration of the profound impact of China's one-child policy on individuals and society as a whole. Through personal stories, history, and politics, Mei Fong paints a vivid picture of the challenges and consequences faced by families affected by this policy. It offers a thought-provoking insight into the complexities of parenthood, love, and the struggle for survival in modern China. A must-read for anyone interested in understanding the far-reaching effects of government intervention on individual lives.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

One Child : Life, Love and Parenthood in Modern China

by Mei Fong
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ISBN: 9781786070562
Authors: Mei Fong
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Date of Publication: 2017-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Sociology, History, Politics
Related Topics: History, Politics, Asia, Historical, Politics, Sociology, History
Goodreads rating: 3.95
(rated by 3037 readers)

Description

Tang Shuxiu and her husband are on an 800-mile train journey from Beijing to Shifang, where they believe their only child has perished in a recent earthquake. Three days after the event, Tang is too dehydrated to cry.Liu Ting becomes a national hero when he brings his mother to college, a celebration of filial piety in a nation that now legally compels adult children to visit their elderly parents.Tian Qingeng and his parents are deeply in debt. They have bought an apartment they hope will improve his eligibility in a nation that has 30 million bachelors, or ‘bare branches’.Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Mei Fong has spent eight years documenting the effects of the one-child policy across all of Chinese society. In this critically acclaimed account, she weaves together personal stories, history and politics to produce an extraordinary, evocative investigation into how the policy has changed China and why the repercussions will be felt across the world for decades to come.
 

Intimate exploration of China's controversial one-child policy.

This book is a gripping and intimate exploration of the profound impact of China's one-child policy on individuals and society as a whole. Through personal stories, history, and politics, Mei Fong paints a vivid picture of the challenges and consequences faced by families affected by this policy. It offers a thought-provoking insight into the complexities of parenthood, love, and the struggle for survival in modern China. A must-read for anyone interested in understanding the far-reaching effects of government intervention on individual lives.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.