john d. rockefeller the 3rd together they wanted to curb the large numbers of children worldwide. so you had the system. from sweden from norway. other people. prenatal sex determination was the biggest breakthrough in population control this way girls were aborted on man. daughters. as well one in 5 boys presently born not be able to find a wife. u.s. president richard nixon and his secretary of state henry kissinger arrived in beijing in 1972 it was a historic meeting with moussa tung about the balance of power and the mutual commitment to world peace. there is no reason for us to be enemies. neither of us domination over the other. neither of us seek. and way the world. but the fear of the americans of chinese supremacy and thus the supremacy of communism was great and the fear that chinese population growth seemed unstoppable . after nixon's visit the floodgates opened for western family planners the chinese government had a sympathetic ear for them. mao's successor deng xiaoping introduced the one child policy millions were trained as les health workers the so-called barefoot