One Child: The Story of China’s Most Radical Experiment by Mei Fong [in Library Journal]
06 Jun, by in Adult Readers, Audio, Chinese, Malaysian, Nonfiction, Repost
China's infamous one-child policy lasted just 35 years. Forced sterilizations, gruesome late-term abortions, an overseas adoption boom, and baby trafficking emerged as by-products of the draconian law. What was touted as a "necessary step in [China's] Herculean efforts to lift the population…from abject poverty" resulted in...