![]() Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Mei Fong, whose Malaysian Chinese background provided insider access, blends policy and the personal experiences of those affected for a staggering first title alas, it’s better read on the page. The consequences are dire: the policy “rapidly created a population that is too old, too male, and quite possibly, too few.” Generations of singletons are caught in a preposterous bind: overcoddled and overindulged, while facing impossible expectations by desperate parents. What was touted as a “necessary step in Herculean efforts to lift the population…from abject poverty” resulted in repercussions that “continue to shape how one in six people in the world are born, live, and die.” Forced sterilizations, gruesome late-term abortions, an overseas adoption boom, and baby trafficking emerged as by-products of the draconian law. ![]() ![]() China’s infamous one-child policy lasted just 35 years. ![]()
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