Only Hope: Coming of Age Under China’s One-Child Policy

Table of Contents for Only Hope List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction 1. "The Next Few Months Will Determine Your Future": Eight Teenagers' Stories 2. Great Expectations: Singletons as the Vanguard of Modernization 3. Heavy is the Head of the "Little Emperor": Pressure, Discipline, and Competition in the Stratification System 4. "Beat Me Now and I'll Beat You When You're Old": Love, Filial Duty,s and Parental Investment in an Aging Population 5. "Spoiled": First World Youth in the Third World Conclusion: Making a Road to the First World Appendix: biographical Details of People Quoted or Mentioned in this Book Notes Works Cited Index