The other victims of China's one-child policy

The main victims of China’s odious “one-child” policy are the millions of babies who were aborted and the women who were compelled — by force or threat of force — to abort, undergo sterilization, or both. But the policy has created another group of victims: Parents of only children who died. The financial futures of many of these “one-child policy” parents are now in jeopardy.

That’s in part because China does not offer aging citizens a generous safety net. Chinese children are expected to care for their parents and grandparents in old age.