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First published by Atena Kustannus, Finland in 2016 under the title Yhden lapsen kansa: Kiinan salavauvat, pikkukeisarit ja hyläyt tyttäret“Thirty-two years ago Mrs. Li & Mr. Wu from Zhejiang abandoned their second baby daughter at a marketplace. Mrs. Wang Maochen from Beijing has seven children, but six of them are illegal so they could not go to university, could not take a job, go to the doctor, or marry, or even buy a train ticket. Zhao Min from Guangzhou first learned about the concept of a sibling at university, in her town there were no sisters or brothers.With the Chinese government now adapting to a two child policy, Secrets & Siblings outlines the scale of its tragic consequences, showing how Chinese family & society has been forever changed. In doing so it also challenges many of our misconceptions about family life in China, arguing that it is the state, rather than popular prejudice, that has hindered the adoption of girls within China.At once brutal & beautifully hopeful, Secrets & Siblings asks what the state & its children will do now that they are becoming adults.” Mari Manninen is a journalist with the Finnish daily newspaper Helsingin Sanomat. She lived for four

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Author

Mari Manninen, Mia Spangenberg (translation)

Publisher

Zed Books, Bloomsbury Academic

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781786997340

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Social Science, Economics, Cultural