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Forbidden Children: China's One-Child Policy

Conflicted: A History Podcast

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The One Child Policy of the Communist Party

Wang ja lan's story is just one of millions of similar stories that have emerged from the chinese heartland since 19 80. In the subsequent four decades, that draconian set of birth planning laws has radically transformed the demographic landscape of the most populous nation on planet earth. The unintended consequences of those laws will continue to haunt china and reshape the entire world for the next century at least.

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