After reading the Contexts & Connections essay in this chapter, research the topic further by taking a look at the following links. Suggested essay questions follow to help you digest this material.
A Holocaust of Little Girls
Location: http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/texts/c-wnhol.html
Description: 1995 newspaper article on infanticide in China.
"Chinese Are Happily Breaking the 'One Child' Rule"
Location: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/chinpop.htm
Description: News article reporting that economic growth in China is permitting more and more middle-class families to have more than one child.
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