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Written on Dec, 11, 2015 by in | Leave a comment

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 …

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Written on Dec, 11, 2015 by in | Leave a comment

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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Written on Dec, 01, 2015 by in | Leave a comment

“With impeccable timing, her new book offers a superb overview of the history and context of the policy, the different applications of the policy in different circumstances (regional, rural/urban, Han/ethnic minorities), and the impact of the one-child policy not only in China but internationally, in the past, present, and future. Fong writes in an easy, accessible style, and in 200 …

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Written on Nov, 16, 2015 by in | Leave a comment

Easing Beijing’s old one-child policy still means state intrusion and won’t halt China’s demographic crisis By Mei Fong Yicheng is a dusty little region in China’s coal belt, with appalling smog levels even by Chinese standards. The pall extends all the way up to the hills, where people dwell in quaint, hobbit-like caves, growing soot-covered crops of sunflowers. It is, …

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Written on Nov, 16, 2015 by in | Leave a comment

At the end of October, the Chinese government ended its one-child policy, allowing married couples to have two children. More than three decades earlier, the Communist Party had unveiled the policy in order to control population growth. Harsh measures to limit family size—forced abortions, sterilization, and fines—have led to a population that is “too old, too male, and quite possibly, …

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Written on Nov, 16, 2015 by in | Leave a comment

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is doing a giveaway on GoodReads! Check it out here.

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Written on Nov, 13, 2015 by in | Leave a comment

Mei on AJ+:

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Written on Nov, 07, 2015 by in | Leave a comment

Mei on MSNBC:

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