China's one-child population policy, first initiated in 1979, has had an enormous effect on the country’s development. By reducing its fertility in the past t

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

'Governing China's Population' tells the story of political and cultural shifts, from the perspectives of both regime and society.

In this comprehensive analysis of thirty-five years of population change in the People's Republic of China, the author highlights China's shifting population po