One Child (34 page)
Gao (family-planning official) on,
76–77
mistresses and,
197
population police and,
80
religious beliefs and,
51
surrogacy and,
195
urban women and,
129
wage incentives for,
75
About a Boy
(Hornby),
137
black market,
xiii
domestic,
174–75
red thread and,
188
shidu
parents and,
41
Affordable Care Act,
202
African Americans,
200
aging population,
9
,
48
,
59
,
138–39
,
141
,
157
,
208
arc between retirement and terminal illness in China,
142
death/afterlife and,
161–64
enqing
concept and,
155
health-care reforms and,
156
home nursing services for,
143–49
origins of Pinetree lifestyle services company for,
141–43
public dancing of,
147
in rural areas,
151–56
shidu
parents and,
150–51
See also
hospices; pensions
agricultural decollectivization,
70–71
Ah Ma (grandmother of Mei Fong),
133–34
“Ain’t We Got Fun,”
190
air filter masks,
105
Ai Weiwei,
35
Alibaba,
125
All-China Women’s Federation,
102
,
115
,
125
,
126
Amnesty International,
78
anchor babies,
204–5
Anderson, Siwan,
116
ant tribe,
95
Arab Spring,
114
Asian Studies (at Hampshire College),
174
“At the Gate of Heaven” (Ma Ke’s diary),
158
babaotai muqin
(China’s Octomom),
194
baby buying,
171–73
,
174
,
179
,
180
bangbang jun
(porters),
27
Bare Branches
(den Boer),
114
,
115
barefoot doctors,
152
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation),
106
,
175
,
228n
Beckham, David,
34
Beidou (China’s GPS system),
89
after Sichuan earthquake,
4
aging population and,
150
birth-planning machinery and,
66
caili
(reverse dowry) in,
117
Chen (Jenova) in,
97
Dongyue Miao in,
162
environment and,
xv
fertility treatments in,
191–92
Fong (Mei) in,
23
gender imbalance and,
116
Hanbin (Chen) in,
103
home nursing services and,
145
hukou
and,
80
human rights lawyers and,
81
marriage market in,
120
National Museum in,
38
shidu
parents and,
41
Songtang hospice in,
158
Tiantan Park in,
147
United Nations Fund for Population Activities and,
77
in vitro fertilization clinic in,
xvi
Yang Zhizhu in,
11
See also
Olympics, 2008 Beijing
Being Mortal
(Gawande),
149
BGI Shenzhen,
207
“Big Ball, Small Ball” theory,
35
Bird’s Nest Stadium,
33–34
,
35
,
96
birth-planning machinery,
66–67
birth quotas,
73
bonus systems,
75
Book of Songs
,
108
Boston Globe
,
181
Bowen, Zhao,
207
Bra Town,
xi
Brave New World
(Huxley),
65
,
207
,
209
bride buying,
16
bride prices. See
caili
(reverse dowry)
Brightman, Sarah,
36
Buccone (sex toy shop),
132
Bush, George W.,
34
Bu Xiang
,
106
caili
(reverse dowry),
109
,
111
,
112
,
113
,
116–17
California,
198
,
200
,
202
,
205
,
211
Cambodia,
130
CaoCaoBa,
124
Care for Girls campaign,
133
CCTV (national broadcaster),
87
,
193
,
194
Center for Immigration Studies,
204
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS),
156–57
Central Adoption Agency,
173
Chang, Leslie,
6
Changning orphanage,
179
Changsha City,
206
Charter 08,
37
Chen, Danyan,
93
Chen, Jenova,
97
Cheng, Nancy,
132
Chengjie (son of Yang Libing and Chen Zhimei),
186
,
187
Chen Guangcheng,
80–81
Chen Hong,
160
Chen Shoutian,
151
Chen Youhua,
210
Chenzhou City,
197
Che Yuelian (Moon Lotus),
68–70
Children of Men, The
(James),
85
Children’s Hope,
172
Chin, Josh,
96
China Center for Adoption Affairs (CCA),
174
China/Chinese, distinction between,
ix
China Railway Construction Group,
95–96
China Youth and Children Research Center,
90
Chinese Academy of Sciences,
196
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,
114
,
228n
Chinese Association for Population Studies,
46
Chinese Dream
(television show),
106
Chinese University of Science and Technology,
53
Chiya, Lisa,
200
Christian Science Monitor
,
60
Christmas cake,
126
civil service exams,
100
Clement, Charles,
xv
clomiphene,
193
Cloud
(video game),
98
cluster leaders,
65–66
COBRA (health insurance program),
202
CoMensha,
173
Communist Party,
28
,
53
,
87
,
126
,
197
,
208
,
210
economic growth and,
xiv
Gu Baochang and,
58
marriage anxiety and,
125
Olympics and,
4
on Tangshan earthquake,
12–13
on use of
diaosi
term,
96
women’s rights and,
102
Communist Party Central Committee,
49
confinement centers,
204–5
Confucius workshops.
See
woman morality courses/Confucius workshops
Connelly, Matthew,
56
contraception.
See
birth control
corruption,
73
Crossing Bridge Noodles,
101
Ctrip (online travel site),
60
Cultural Revolution,
5
,
38
,
45
,
48
,
50
,
51
,
57
,
63
,
149
demography and,
46
filial piety and,
87
higher education in,
94
National College Entrance Exams reinstated after,
100
Olympics and,
4
social scientists in,
xiii
Tangshan earthquake and,
13
cybernetics,
53
dancing grannies,
147
Danshen Julebu (Singles Club),
124
dating,
102
,
120
,
121–22
,
124
.
See also
matchmaking
demography, study of,
46
demystification of parenthood,
155
Deng (husband of Feng Jianmei),
61
Deutsche Bank,
7
dialou
,
134
diaosi
,
96
Diaosi Man
(online comedy show),
96
D.I.C.E. Awards,
99
Ding Wanlong,
18
Ding Xuan,
127–28
Dollar Store,
xi
domestic violence,
115
Dongyue Miao,
162
Double II,
125
dowries,
109
,
111
,
112
,
113
. See also
caili
(reverse dowry)
Du Benfeng,
104
Durihana Association,
130
Dying Rooms, The
(documentary),
175
earthquake in Sichuan (2008),
1–6
,
12–21
,
24
,
26
,
28
,
29
,
32
,
42
Ai Weiwei and,
35
Lin Hao and,
34
museums on,
38–41
pig that survived,
39