An extraordinary, evocative investigation into the legacy of the controversial one-child policy across all of Chinese society
Mei Fong is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who spent over a decade reporting in Asia, most notably as China correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. She is a winner of Amnesty's Human Rights Press Award.
‘A deeply moving account of a policy of that looks set to haunt
China (and the world) for decades: Fong highlights how, despite its
relaxation to two children, the repercussions of the past
thirty-five years will only be felt more acutely in the
future.’
*Independent*
‘Vivid and thoroughly researched...a moving and at times harrowing
account of the significance of decisions taken by a small coterie
of men with too much faith in science and ideology, and too little
in humanity.’
*Observer*
'An interesting and intriguing read'.
*Press Association*
'Welcome bits of new information'.
*Literary Review*
'A…moving history of the policy…fascinating…Fong, a Singaporean
Chinese living in Beijing…adds a fine human touch'.
*Telegraph*
'Outside China, there are still vocal admirers of the one-child
policy. Perhaps after reading this book and doing the sums they
won’t be such strident supporters'.
*The Herald*
'Fong's moral outrage is as understandable as her empathy is
affecting…One Child draws thoughtful attention to the ethical and
moral risks of regulating human reproductive rights'.
*Asian Review of Books*
'Combines tough, broad economic analysis with individual
stories'.
*Economist*
'Mei Fong has travelled widely across China, and has produced a
vivid account of the multifarious ways whereby a hugely unpopular
policy was implemented...One Child is a timely reminder of how the
recent relaxation of the policy is unlikely to avert a
self-inflicted demographic disaster'.
*Sunday Times*
'There really could be no one better than Fong, a western
journalist with an insider's knowledge of China, to make this story
come alive'.
*Times*
'Gripping, balanced and well-documented'.
*Spectator*
‘With its vivid character portrayals and incredible
stories, One Child is an eye-opening book.’
*Xinran Xue, author of The Good Women of China and Buy Me
the Sky: The Remarkable Truth of China’s One-Child
Generations*
‘Fong’s moving and highly personal account of the one-child policy
will teach you more about the dysfunction and cruelty of modern-day
China than any other.’
*Barbara Demick, author of Nothing to Envy*
‘One Child is a riveting read, written with the flair and
compassion of a novel. But it is also a critically important book
about the future of China, necessary reading both for policy
experts and anyone interested in the future of one of the most
important nations of the 21st century.’
*Anne-Marie Slaughter, author of Unfinished Business*
‘Eye-opening, powerful and utterly gripping, One Child had me
hooked from page one. Mei Fong possesses a rare eye for the
details that truly illuminate a story, the ones that most of us
overlook. She writes beautifully and vividly, revealing sides of
China I’d never imagined to exist.’
*Amy Chua, Yale Law Professor and author of Battle Hymn of the
Tiger Mother and The Triple Package*
‘A highly impressive account of one of the controversial aspects of
today’s China combining policy analysis, extensive on-the-ground
reporting and personal experience.’
*Jonathan Fenby, author of The Penguin History of Modern
China and Tiger Head, Snake Tails*
‘Reveals the dark underbelly of China’s one-child policy... its
implementation led to heartache, human rights abuses and forced
coercion of women across the country.’
*Paul French, author of Midnight in Peking*
‘One Child is a timely and informative look into China’s infamous
effort to control its enormous population. But Mei Fong has also
given us a wry, bittersweet, and often very personal look at how
courtship, marriage, birth, and death interact in the post-Mao
Chinese family. A lovely antidote to decades of chillingly cold
Party-speak from Beijing.’
*Orville Schell, author of Wealth and Power*
‘[One Child] must change the way we talk about China’s rise... It
not only clarifies facts and retires myths, but also confronts the
deepest questions about the meaning of parenthood.’
*Evan Osnos, author of Age of Ambition*
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