![]() ![]() ![]() 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. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Mei Fong has spent eight years documenting the effects of the one-child policy across all of Chinese society. They have bought an apartment they hope will improve his eligibility in a nation that has 30 million bachelors, or 'bare branches'. Tian Qingeng and his parents are deeply in debt. 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. Three days after the event, Tang is too dehydrated to cry. Tang Shuxiu and her husband are on an 800-mile journey from Beijing to Shifang, where they believe their only child has perished in a recent earthquake. One Child: The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment by Mei Fong 4.5 (2) eBook 13.49 17.99 Save 25 Hardcover 27.00 eBook 13.49 Audiobook 0.00 View All Available Formats & Editions Instant Purchase Available on Compatible NOOK Devices and the free NOOK Apps. ![]()
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