In the late 1970s, just as China was embarking on a sweeping program of post-Mao reforms,
it also launched a one-child campaign. This campaign, which cut against the grain of rural …

This comprehensive volume analyses Chinese birth policies and population developments
from the founding of the People's Republic to the 2000 census. The main emphasis is on …

One of the main puzzles of modern population and social history i among all countries
confronting rapid population growth in the secon of the twentieth century, China chose to …

China's controversial one-child policy continues to generate controversy and misinformation.
This essay challenges several common myths: that Mao Zedong consistently opposed …

China's giant project in social engineering has drawn worldwide attention, both because of
its coercive enforcement of strict birth limits, and because of the striking changes that have …

In 1949, as the Chinese Communist Party was poised to establish its new regime, China's
population numbered nearly half a billion, a staggering number that many believed would …

In the 1990s, as fertility fell below replacement, China's state birth planning program began
reforms, first to improve its state‐centric approach to birth limitation and then to incorporate …

This book documents the human suffering caused by China's effort to control its population
growth. It tells how government policy has encouraged extreme measures, including forced …

INCE THE INTRODUCTION of China's forceful onechild-per-family policy in 1979, there
have been reports of abandonment and infanticide of baby girls and, more recently …

This article provides a broad overview of China's family planning policy during the last three
decades, highlighting key trends and goals of the program at national and provincial levels …