China Worked Its Way into the Debate on the Topic of Abortion
Clinton's “Like they used to do in China” line might lead some to think the state no longer interferes with family planning--but it still does
Books
12.16.15
One Child
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 of young workers.
Population Control Is Called Big Revenue Source in China
Nineteen province-level governments in China collected a total of $2.7 billion in fines last year from parents who had violated family planning laws, which usually limit couples to one child, a lawyer who had requested the data said....
Conversation
03.15.13
Is the One Child Policy Finished—And Was It a Failure?
Dorinda Elliott:
China’s recent decision to phase out the agency that oversees the one-child policy has raised questions...
Media
08.30.12
Chinese “Traitors” and the Foreign Press
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On June 2nd, local family planning officials forced Feng Jianmei, a...
The NYRB China Archive
05.30.91
The Myth of Mao’s China
from New York Review of BooksIn China Misperceived Steven Mosher strikes back at the profession, clan, or family of China watchers that cast him out. The official reasons have never been made public, although his university, Stanford, hinted at academic misconduct...