One Child - Life, Love and Parenthood in Modern China (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Oneworld Publications
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2017
Authors:	Mei Fong
Dimensions:	197 x 129 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	250
ISBN-13:	978-1-78607-056-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Family & other relationships > General
LSN:	1-78607-056-1
Barcode:	9781786070562

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