Title: Population, Policy, and Politics: How Will History Judge China's One‐Child Policy?
Abstract: Population and Development ReviewVolume 38, Issue s1 p. 115-129 Free Access Population, Policy, and Politics: How Will History Judge China's One-Child Policy? Wang Feng, Wang Feng Senior Fellow and Director, Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy and Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine.Search for more papers by this authorYong Cai, Yong Cai Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.Search for more papers by this authorBaochang Gu, Baochang Gu Professor, Center for Population and Development Studies, Renmin University of China.Search for more papers by this author Wang Feng, Wang Feng Senior Fellow and Director, Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy and Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine.Search for more papers by this authorYong Cai, Yong Cai Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.Search for more papers by this authorBaochang Gu, Baochang Gu Professor, Center for Population and Development Studies, Renmin University of China.Search for more papers by this author First published: 19 February 2013 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1728-4457.2013.00555.xCitations: 74AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. 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