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Nature 454, 403-404 (24 July 2008) | doi:10.1038/454403a; Published online 23 July 2008

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China: How one child was deemed enough

Ling Chen1 & Gang Zhang2

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Scientific policy-making in China has come a long way since the 1970s, argue Ling Chen and Gang Zhang.

BOOK REVIEWEDJust One Child: Science and Policy in Deng's China

by Susan Greenhalgh

University of California Press: 2008. 426 pp. $55.00, £32.95 (hbk) $21.95, £12.95 (pbk)

Beijing's subway trains are always packed with locals, migrant workers, job seekers and tourists. Most are in their twenties or thirties; they look well fed, well clothed, healthy, educated and wealthy.