Documentary Recommendation: ‘One Child Nation’

Documentary Recommendation: ‘One Child Nation’
“One Child Nation” is a 2019 documentary by Nanfu Wang exploring the effects of China’s decades-long one-child policy. Amazon Studios
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R | 1 hr 23m | Documentary | Aug. 9, 2019

In May 2021, the Chinese Communist Party announced that Chinese couples could have up to three children, replacing the one-child policy that had been in place since 1979. The change came about with the realization that China lacked enough young people to support a burgeoning aging population. The harmful economic effects of this decades-long policy were finally catching up.

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