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Secrets and siblings : the vanished lives of China's one child policy by Mari Manninen; Mia M Spangenberg is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Thirty-two Years Ago, Mr. Li And Mrs. 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 Cannot Go To School, They Cannot Take A Job, Go To The Doctor, Or Marry, Or Even Buy A Train Ticket. An Li 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 Seeking To Phase Out Its One Child Policy, Secrets And Siblings Reveals The Scale Of Its Tragic Consequences, Showing How Chinese Family And Society Has Been Forever Changed. In Doing So It Also Overturns Many Of Our Misconceptions About Family Life In China, Bravely Arguing That It Is The State, Rather Than Popular Prejudice, That Has Hindered The Adoption Of Girls Within China. At Once Brutal And Beautifully Hopeful, Secrets And Siblings Asks What The One Child State And Its Children Will Do Now That They Are Becoming Adults.

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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Mari Manninen; Mia M Spangenberg
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Published
2019
Language
EN
ISBN
9781786997357
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Economics, Business

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