One child : the story of China's most radical experiment / Mei Fong.
One child : the story of China's most radical experiment / Mei Fong.
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
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G 2016/313
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English
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Physical content
xvi, 250 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
After the quake -- And the clock struck 8/8/08 -- Cassandra and the rocketmen -- The population police -- Little emperors, grown up -- Welcome to the dollhouse -- Better to struggle to live on, than die a good death -- The red thread is broken -- Babies beyond borders.
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Publisher
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
"When Communist Party leaders adopted the one-child policy in 1980, they hoped curbing birth-rates would help lift China's poorest and increase the country's global stature. But at what cost? Now, as China closes the book on the policy after more than three decades, it faces a population grown too old and too male, with a vastly diminished supply o...
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One child : the story of China's most radical experiment / Mei Fong.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2016/313
Record Identifier
74VKzKzEp8xZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzKzEp8xZ
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ISBN
0544815602 (trade paperback)
9780544275393 (hardcover)
054427539X (hardcover)
9780544815582 (paperback (international edition)
0544815580 (paperback (international edition)
9780544815605 (trade paperback)
DDC
363.960951
MMS ID
991023405109702626
