****REGISTRATION REQUIRED**** Acclaimed author and journalist Mei Fong has spent years documenting and analyzing the impact of the One Child policy. In her book, One Child: The Story of China’s Most Radical Experiment, Ms. Fong writes about the origins of the policy and some of its unintended consequences including the creation of “little emperors” (spoiled children), a huge gender imbalance, and a rapidly aging population. Join us as Mei Fong discusses her book with the National Committee on March 8, in New York City.

One Child with Mei Fong Tuesday, March 8, 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, New York City The contentious Chinese population control policy known as the one-child policy lasted for more than three decades; in late 2015 the Chinese government announced that couples would be allowed to have two children. The one-child policy has had tremendous demographic repercussions far beyond a significantly reduced birth rate.  Acclaimed author and journalist Mei Fong has spent years documenting and analyzing the impact of the policy. In her book, One Child: The Story of China’s Most Radical Experiment, Ms. Fong writes about the origins of the policy and some of its unintended consequences including the creation of “little emperors” (spoiled children), a huge gender imbalance, and a rapidly aging population. Join us as Mei Fong discusses her book with the National Committee on March 8, in New York City. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Speaker Biography As a journalist Mei Fong covered Hong Kong and China for theWall Street Journal, winning a shared Pulitzer Prize for her stories on China’s transformative process before the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She is believed to be the first Malaysian to win a Pulitzer. Her stories on China’s migrant workers also won a 2006 Human Rights Press Award from Amnesty International and the Hong Kong Correspondents Club, as well as awards from the Society of Publishers in Asia and Society of Professional Journalists. After leaving China, she joined the faculty at the University of Southern California Annenberg School of Communications. She is currently a fellow at New America, a think tank in Washington, D.C. Copies of One Child will be available for purchase at the program. Registration is required by Friday, March 4. If you are unable to attend, pleaseemail us to cancel your registration. Those who fail to cancel their registrations byMonday, March 7, and who do not come to the event, will be invoiced a $25 no-show fee. Please email us with any questions.