BreakThru Radio: Book Talk: Mei Fong – One Child When Communist Party leaders adopted the one-child policy in 1980, they hoped curbing birth-rates would help lift China’s poorest and increase the country’s global stature. But at what cost? Now, as China closes the book on the policy after more than three decades, it faces a population grown too old and …
Continue Reading...Mei on The Leonard Lopate Show on WNYC: http://www.wnyc.org/story/mei-fong-explores-legacy-chinas-one-child-policy/ Journalist and former staff reporter for the China bureau of The Wall Street Journal Mei Fong talks about her book, One Child: The Story of China’s Most Radical Experiment. Fong spent years documenting the effects of China’s one-child policy on every sector of society.
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Continue Reading...“Fong’s fine book is 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.” –Rana Mitter, professor of the history and politics of modern China at Oxford University Read full review here: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jan/04/one-child-story-china-most-radical-experiment-mei-fong-review
Continue Reading...Mei on Southern California Public Radio’s “AirTalk”: http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2015/12/29/45735/china-expert-and-author-dissects-history-outcomes/ On January 1, 2016, China will officially end its famed one-child policy and couples will be allow to have two children. In the new book, “One Child,” former the Wall Street Journals reporter Mei Fong dives into the history and numerous consequences of the Middle Kingdom’s controversial population-control experiment that started in 1980. Guest: …
Continue Reading...One Child Policy, Optimism Bias, Movies, Meet the Producers “Mei Fong is an author and journalist who graduated from the National University of Singapore she started her journalism career as a reporter. She has a Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University. Mei has worked for Forbes, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal where she won a …
Continue Reading...RSVP here to attend Mei’s book launch in Washington, D.C.! Event: One Child: The Story of China’s Most Radical Experiment Date: Thursday, January 07, 2016 Time: 12:15 PM – 01:45 PM Address: 740 15th Street NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20005
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