eleven-year-old son], because she doesnt want him to .get up in the night to go to the restroom (Deane 18).In addition, the only child is generally very loved, especially the boys, and since the Chinese way of love usually means to feed loved ones with extra food, overweight has become a problem for many children, particularly among the boys. The director of endocrinology, Dr. Ni, estimated about 5% of children in Chinas cities are obese, and the number of obese children is still increasing rapidly. In Beijing, the overweight problem has become noticeable, and the Childrens hospital started .the first American-style fat farm for obese children in 1992 in response to the growing number of overweight children (Deane 17).Evidentially, the result of the controversial One-Child-Policy has been outstanding, and based on the Chineses governments calculation, the policy has stopped about 200 million births after its introduction (Deane 21). However the apparent transformation of the Chinese society has been alarming, and to combat the worsening situations, the Chinese government has already taken many different approaches.For instance, in an effort to ease the anxiety about financial dependence when becoming aged, in the cities, lots of companies, and many white collar workers places, are all provided with pension plans (Hou 28). Additionally, in some towns, a retirement insurance policy named .girl insurance.[,] has been given to parents who have a female child, and willing to be limited to that only-child (Deane 19). Moreover, the government has been putting forth-great effort to educate its people about its population crisis, and about birth control, and it has also made contraceptive devices more really available to the public (Deane 20-21). However, changing traditional value is not easy, and after 14 years of trying, the Chinese are still not persuaded that One-Child-Policy will guide them .to a wealthier, healthier[,] and happier ...
