Tales of the unexpected
Tales of the unexpected
- July 11, 2015
- Wang Feng, sociology professor, is quoted by The Economist July 11, 2015
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From The Economist:
Decades of propaganda about the benefits of single children have changed the way parents
think, says Wang Feng of the University of California, Irvine. A belief that China
has too many people is widely shared, as is a conviction that the country would have
been far worse off without the one-child policy.
For the full story, please visit http://www.economist.com/news/china/21657416-china-has-relaxed-its-one-child-policy-yet-parents-are-not-rushing-have-second-tales.
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