In the thirty-five years since China instituted its One-Child Policy, 120,000 children—mostly girls—have left China through international adoption, includin

International media regularly features horrific stories about Chinese orphanages, especially when debating international adoption and human rights. Much of the

Rachel Murphy explores Chinese children's experience of having migrant parents and the impact this has on family relationships in China.

The true measure of any society is how it treats its children, who are in turn that society’s future. Making use of data from the longitudinal Chinese Family

Population politics are a major issue in China. Susan Greenhaigh explores the origins and development of the one-child policy from the late 1970s to the present