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NANFU: Looking at the finding ads in the newspapers
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One Child Nation

Looking at the finding adsin the newspapers, I wonderedabout each baby's story

NANFU:
Looking at the finding ads
in the newspapers, I wondered
about each baby's story

Full Transcript

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NANFU: Looking at the finding ads in the newspapers,
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I wondered about each baby's story.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
43
Timestamp in Movie
01:01:17
Uploaded
Jun 17, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
Next Generation,ITVS,WDR/Arte,Motto Pictures,Pumpernickel Films,Diamond Docs

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Movie Summary

After becoming a mother, a filmmaker uncovers the untold history of China's one-child policy and the generations of parents and children forever shaped by this social experiment.
If they weren't orphans, - One Child Nation 00:06
If they weren't orphans,
Most of them probably were separated, - One Child Nation 00:09
Most of them probably were separated,
BRIAN: When you take that information - One Child Nation 00:08
BRIAN: When you take that information
This is the location that the orphanage - One Child Nation 00:06
This is the location that the orphanage
And so you can see-- Orphanage gate, - One Child Nation 00:07
And so you can see-- Orphanage gate,
It's clear that, you know, - One Child Nation 00:08
It's clear that, you know,
BRIAN: It used to be that family planning would come in - One Child Nation 00:11
BRIAN: It used to be that family planning would come in
Once the orphanage joined - One Child Nation 00:06
Once the orphanage joined
And so now they saw kind of a win-win situation going - One Child Nation 00:17
And so now they saw kind of a win-win situation going
NANFU: I lived in China until I was 26, - One Child Nation 00:10
NANFU: I lived in China until I was 26,
I was shocked when Brian said - One Child Nation 00:08
I was shocked when Brian said
Throughout my life, - One Child Nation 00:10
Throughout my life,
Now, when I look back at this time in my life, - One Child Nation 00:07
Now, when I look back at this time in my life,
The Chinese government exerted a lot of influence - One Child Nation 00:06
The Chinese government exerted a lot of influence
Threatened the newspaper, threatened the reporter. - One Child Nation 00:06
Threatened the newspaper, threatened the reporter.
The reporter ended up having to leave China, you know, - One Child Nation 00:06
The reporter ended up having to leave China, you know,
NANFU: I e-mailed the journalist, - One Child Nation 00:08
NANFU: I e-mailed the journalist,
He agreed, but only if we meet in a hotel, - One Child Nation 00:07
He agreed, but only if we meet in a hotel,
He and a colleague had taken cameras - One Child Nation 00:06
He and a colleague had taken cameras
The government had targeted families in Longhui County, - One Child Nation 00:08
The government had targeted families in Longhui County,