Lonely China
Recollections from a one child world
Mina Choi

2009 marks the 30th anniversary of China’s one-child policy.

China’s one-child policy is one of the most dramatic laws enacted in modern history. This controversial and life-altering decree has radically shaped the lives of the country’s 1.3 billion people since it was enacted thirty years ago. Lonely China is a rare, honest and emotional insight into how the law has affected Chinese life and families since it began in 1979.

The 20 personal stories include a woman forced into hiding during her second pregnancy; a frightened mother undergoing an unsanitary sterilization; wealthy couples who skirt the law to have more than one child; a couple determined to provide only the best for their ‘little emperor’; a young man who can’t find a girlfriend; a member of cultural minority who is exempt; and an underground ultrasound entrepreneur.

This is a book brimming with real life stories from a China rarely glimpsed in the pages of business and economics books; by turns moving, tragic and sometimes triumphant.

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Mina Choi

MINA CHOI is a writer based in Shanghai. Before moving to China four years ago with her husband and two children, she worked in Los Angeles writing screenplays. She has been writing articles, essays and columns about her experiences in China including That’s Shanghai, South China Morning Post, China International Business and Oriental Outlook.