China Waiting for the small print on the two-child policy November 3, 2015 0 Written by Jackie Sheehan. China’s ageing population and worsening dependency ratio are the driving force behind the decision at last week’s Fifth Plenum of the…
China More men than women in China November 3, 2015 0 Written by Isabelle Attané. The population of China has a characteristic that is shared by very few countries, namely a higher proportion of men than women.…
Culture and Society More than their job’s worth: why China’s family-planning officials will go on breaking the rules to enforce the one-child policy June 29, 2012 0 By Jackie Sheehan. The photograph of Feng Jianmei lying exhausted in her hospital bed next to the seven-month-old foetus she was forced to abort has…
