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Forbidden Children: China's One-Child Policy

Conflicted: A History Podcast

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Born in China, You Should Be a Citizen of This Country

Thousands of children have vanished into the pitiless machinery of an underground black market, but millions more have become legally invisible. Without a hoko, you can't work, get married, see a doctor or even go to school. Right now, they are somewhere between six and 13 million young adults in china born in violation of the one child policy who were never able to get that document that grants them citizenship.

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