Over the years, I have been asked many times to estimate how many lives have been lost in China as a result of the one-child policy. Given that the policy has been in place for 30 years, I respond, and
by Steven W. Mosher22 Sep 2011, 12:44 PM PST0
As Hu Jintao visits Washington, China continues to persecute Christians, enforce the one-child policy, and lock up dissidents. And don’t forget its relentless military buildup and its expanding territorial claims. A rich China–contra the Washington policymaking establishment–is not turning out
by Steven W. Mosher18 Jan 2011, 8:24 PM PST0
As if enough nonsense hasn’t already emerged from the Cancun Climate Conference, on Sunday CNN founder Ted Turner called on world leaders to address the global warming crisis by drastically reducing the number of people on the planet. Maintaining that
by Steven W. Mosher9 Dec 2010, 4:58 AM PST0
As if enough nonsense hasn’t already emerged from the Cancun Climate Conference, on Sunday CNN founder Ted Turner called on world leaders to address the global warming crisis by drastically reducing the number of people on the planet. Maintaining that
by Steven W. Mosher8 Dec 2010, 3:14 AM PST0
The demographic sophisticates who read this column know that the population bomb has fizzled, that the world’s population will never double again, and that birthrates are falling faster and farther than anyone imagined a half century ago. But they also
by Steven W. Mosher16 Oct 2010, 7:36 AM PST0
The Chinese Communist Party’s one-child policy has led tens of millions of couples to abandon or abort baby girls and created a huge and growing surplus of men. What does this all this excess testosterone mean for China and, more
by Steven W. Mosher10 Aug 2010, 6:45 AM PST0