The photo-essay regarding China’s One Child Policy, described as “the biggest social experiment in man-kind”, was the recipient of a nomination fora POYI – World Understanding Award. During the period the policy was law in China, parents were limired to a single child. The “natural” preference for a sone and heir meant girls were “discarded” and boys sought after, resulting in terrible consequences,e specially in the countryside.
A young girl sits next to her begging bowl with a a sign telling of her poverty in Fuzhou. Many beggars flock to the capital of Fujian to target the wealthy.
26 Oct 1996
photo by Richard Jones / SinopixChanka, 25, Mola, 23, (r) both trafficked to China from Thailand to work as prostitutes, in Karaokee bar in Mengle, southwest China on the Burmese border. They were smuggled into China across the border from Burma.
photo by Richard Jones/SinopixProstitites wait for clients in a hairdressing salon and massage parlour that is cover for a brothel in chengdu the capitol of sichuan Province in western China. the city has well over a thousand such brothels.Children in class at the Danzhou Shi Yan Primary school, Danzhou City, Hainan Island, China. Danzhou city has the highest gender inbalance in China with 170 males born for every 100 females according to figures from Chinese Government 5t National Census. The inbalance is already having a massive social impact on society and is expected to get worse while the ruthless One Child Policy, aimed at curbingChina’s 1.3 billion population, continues to be law.
25 Apr 2007
photo by Richard Jones / SinopixA mother and her spoilt son (a ‘little emperor’) eat at a McDonalds in Guangzhou, China. China’s one-child policy has resulted in a nation of spoilt children, where boys outnumber girls by almost 20 in every hundred. June 1999
photo by Richard Jones / SinopixWomen in the Gynecology and wome treatment area in a hospital outside Guangzhou, China. It is estimated that 50% of pregnancies in China end in abortion.
July 2003
photo by Richard Jones / SinopixWomen wait outside an abortion ward in a Hospital in Guangdong. Guangdong province has a high abortion rate partly due to many females travelling from Hong Kong. Official of Guangdong are penalised financially if they do not reach their abortion quota. 2002 photo by Richard Jones / SinopiA man looks at sex aids in a sex shop in Beijing. As the gender inbalance grows more and more men are using prostitutes and sex aids, doubtful that they ever find a wife. An average gender inbalance 120 males to 100 females caused by the Chinese Governments One Child Policy and the preference for boys means that there is a shortage of women in China.
May 1994
photo by Richard Jones / SinopixA lady donates money to a beggar girl and boy sitting on the street in Shenzhen, China. Thousands of unwanted children often girls end up begging on Chinese streets.
Feb 1994
photo by Richard Jones / SinopixA boy plays in a house that was destroyed by the Birth control committee because the sheng family parents refused to be sterlised by the Birth Control Committee and ran away.
04 Dec 2001
photo by Richard Jones / SinopixA cage dancer in a Beijing nightclub dances erotically while a security guard looks on in the Hot Spot disco in Beijing.
Dec 1999
photo by Richard Jones / SinopixA man in a mall Guangzhou, China, redas, “Breed and bare well, peace and happiness”. It is believed that as the gender inbalance increases due to the One Child Policy the trade in porographic materiel will also increase.
Nov 2002
photo by Richard Jones / SinopixAn abortion room in countryside clinic, China. The room and chair is used to give women abortions. It is estimated that 50% of pregnancies in China are aborted resulting in 400 million fewer Chinese since the controversial birth policy was started 30 years ago. Many abortions are selective and have resulted in a gender gap.
2002
photo by Richard Jones / SinopixJin Yani, 28, poses in a park in Beijing. Yani was nine months pregnant when a gang from the Birth Control Unit smashed into her house and dragged to the local clinic where her baby was injected with poison, killed and then aborted.
14 Jan 2008
photo by Richard Jones / SinopixSchool children receive army training, marching in campus in Yunnan, China. All children are given army training for a week in the summer to toughen them up. July 1999
photo by Richard Jones / SinopixCanadians pay their fees and “donations” for their baby girls that must be in cash at a Government adoption center in Changsha, China. China only allows the adoption of baby girls and disabled boys, for a “donation” of 2,000 US$ plus fees, since it has hundreds of orphanages full of un-wanted girls, mostly dumped on the streets, due to the preference for a boy and heir. Over 10,000 babies, all girls or disabled boys, are adopted from China annually.
13 Nov 2003
photo by Richard Jones / SinopixA Canaadian sleeps with his newly adopted daighter in Changsha. China only allows the adoption of baby girls and disabled boys, for a “donation” of 2,000 US$ plus fees, since it has hundreds of orphanages full of un-wanted girls, mostly dumped on the streets, due to the preference for a boy and heir.
13 Nov 2003
photo by Richard Jones / SinopixA farmer passes a house in Bobai county outside Yingqiao that has been smashed up. The house and the surrounding area have slogans from the One Child Policy, “fewer babies better life” and ” a sensible birth policy is essential for development”.
2008
photo by Richard Jones / SinopixMen gather around a “fashion show” in Shenzhen, south China. China’s One Child Policy coupled with the nation-wide desire for sons has resulted in a massive gender inbalance in China. Men are beginning to have trouble finding brides in areas and the black-market trade in women and girls is getting worse.
Apr 2000
photo by Richard Jones / Sinopix
