One Child (37 page)
Sen, Amartya,
129
sex education,
25
Shaanxi Province,
108–9
,
110
,
172
Shamian Island,
177
Shanghai,
45
,
117
,
144
,
194
,
196–99
Shaoyang Orphanage,
184
,
185
,
186
,
187
shehui fuyangfei.
See
social compensation fees (
shehui fuyangfei
)
Shifang County,
3
Shock of Gray
(Fishman),
140
Shou (god of Longevity),
140–41
Shuanglin,
26
Shufen (mother of bridegroom),
111
,
112
,
113
Sichuan County,
3
,
22
,
24
,
25
,
27
,
28
,
33
,
71
,
111–12
.
See also
earthquake in Sichuan (2008)
Sina microblog service,
196
Singapore,
xiii
,
xiv
,
50
,
126
,
223n
Singles Clubs,
124
Smithsonian Institution,
97
social compensation fees (
shehui fuyangfei
),
78–81
,
151
Social Development Unit (SDU),
223n
Social History of Dying, A
(Kellehear),
137
social mobility,
95
,
101
,
206
,
208
,
209
social sciences,
46
Sohu (Internet portal),
96
Songtang hospice,
158
son preference,
5
,
48
,
69
,
70
,
71
,
109–10
,
132–36
,
195
,
197
.
See also
gender imbalance
Sony,
98–99
Soong May-ling,
127
Sopp, Carole,
188
Southern Metropolis Weekly
,
195
Southern Weekend
,
106
South Korea,
xiii
,
50
,
132
,
141
,
180–81
,
182
Soviet Union,
46
sports program,
28–29
,
34
.
See also
Olympics, 2008 Beijing
statistics,
ix
amount of, in China,
68
campaign (in 2010),
78
as excess of one-child policy,
x
Gandhi (Indira) and,
77
for lowering fertility,
68
of men vs. women,
24
persuading women to be sterilized,
67–68
reversing, after Sichuan earthquake,
3
wage incentives for,
75
“Stop at Two” campaign (Singapore),
50
Stuy, Brian,
169–70
,
175–80
,
183–84
,
186
Stuy, Lan,
170
,
177
,
178
,
183–84
,
186
,
189
Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights of the Committee on International Relations (US House of Representatives, 105th Cong.),
225n
subsidiarity principle,
174
Sun Liping,
37
Sun Peidong,
121
Sun Simiao,
152–53
Sun Yunxiao,
90
Taiyuan (Shanxi),
46
Tang dynasty,
100
Tangshan.
See
earthquake in Tangshan (1976)
“Tank Man,”
84
Tan Zuoren,
29
tests/exams,
100–102
test-tube babies,
191
This Generation
(Han Han),
85
Thousand Years of Good Prayers, A
(Yiun Li),
22
Three Gorges Project,
57
Three Gorges Project Construction Committee,
57
thumbnails,
88
Tiananmen Square,
11–12
,
41
,
73
,
84
Tianjin,
117
Tian Qingeng,
117–20
Tiantan Park,
147
Tian Xueyuan,
52
Tibet,
71
tofu schools,
20
Tong, Scott,
172
Tonight’s the Night
(television show),
106
Too Many People in China?
(Liang, James),
60
24
Paragons of Filial Piety
,
86–87
twins.
See
multiple births
one-child policy reform and,
60–61
status in Yicheng,
66–67
sterilization after,
67
See also
dandu
policy
“Two’s Too Much” campaign (South Korea),
50
Ukraine,
199
Underpants Tower,
30–31
UNESCO World Heritage Site,
134
Unicharm,
62–63
United Nations,
49–50
United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA),
49–50
,
77
United Nations General Committee,
46
United Nations Population Awards,
77
United Nations Population Fund,
49–50
,
76
United States
anchor babies born in,
204–5
GDP (gross domestic product) of,
141
international adoption and,
180–81
suicide rates in,
101
surrogacy and,
198–203
United Nations Fund for Population Activities and,
77
University of California–Irvine,
58
University of Michigan,
207
University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill,
59
University of Southern California (USC),
90
,
98
,
99–100
University of Washington,
xiii
US State Department,
129
Vanke (real estate company),
116–17
vasectomies
No-Scalpel,
24–25
video games.
See
computer games
Vietnam,
130
village-level offices,
66
violence,
114–15
Wall Street,
37
Wall Street Journal
,
xi
,
5
,
21
,
96
,
205
Walmart,
88
Wang Qishan,
23
wanxishao.
See
“Later, Longer, Fewer” campaign (
wanxishao
)
wawa
(children in Sichuan),
22–23
Weather Modification Bureau,
30
,
34
Weibo (Twitter-like service),
13
Wei Shang-Jin,
116
wet markets,
88–89
We Will Be All Right
(Liu Ting),
106
White Swan Hotel,
177
Whiting, Richard A.,
190
Who Will Marry My Daughter?
(Sun Peidong),
121
Williams, Tennessee,
104
Wilson-Miller, Wendie,
203
,
205
,
206
woman morality courses/Confucius workshops,
127–28
,
130
women’s rights,
102
,
115
,
125
,
126
,
129
World Children,
172–73
World Health Organization,
197
Wumart,
88
Wu Youshui,
78–81
xiang banfa
(find a solution),
6
Xian Jiao Tong University,
52
Xiao Hebi,
152–56
Xiao Hong,
195
xiao huangdi
(Little Emperors).
See
Little Emperors
xiao shun
(filial piety).
See
filial piety
Xiheshui,
68
Xinhua (news agency),
ix
,
3
,
13
,
74
Xinran Xue,
8
Xuankou Middle School,
40
Yangtze River,
57
Yang Zhizhu,
11
Yan Yunxiang,
154–55
Yew, Lee Kuan,
126
yibao
(China’s Medicare),
154
,
156
,
165–66
Yicheng,
43–44
,
58–59
,
60
,
65
,
66
,
68
,
73
yipiaofoujue
(one-vote veto),
73
,
82
yitai zhengce
(one-child policy),
6
Yiyun Li,
21
Yi Zhang,
114
Yizhou,
102
Yuan Mingsan,
187–88
Yunhoun Lou tower (The Tower of the Illusory Cloud),
134–35
Yuyuantan Park,
120
zhai nan
(residence male),
119
Zhang, Melody,
172
Zhang Hongbing,
87
Zhang Qingzhou,
13
Zhang Xiaobo,
116
Zhang Zhefang,
151–52
Zhejiang TV,
106
zhiluweima
(pointing at a deer and calling it a horse),
10
Zhong Bifeng,
197
Zhu Jianqiang (Tough Pig),
39
Zili Village,
133–36
zuoyuezi
(sitting the month),
204–5
