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One Child Nation
2019 · Film · documentary · 88 min
Directed by Nanfu Wang, Zhang Jialing
Through interviews with both victims and instigators, Nanfu Wang, a first-time mother, breaks open decades of silence on a vast, unprecedented social experiment that shaped — and destroyed — countless lives in China.
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Regarding 1), the documentary "One Child Nation" (currently included with Amazon Prime) goes into China's history with their one child policy in detail - from people who lived through it.
It is fascinating how they went from "One Child" to their current policy without admitting any mistake at all.
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As for India, not only have they had problems with forced sterilization, they've also had problems with parents wanting a son at any cost: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/dec/27/families-want-a-son-at-any-cost-the-women-forced-to-abort-female-foetuses-in-india
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Child_Nation is what they did with benevolence in mind. When you strip that veneer of benevolence away …
The documentary is worth watching, although not the easiest one to watch.