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NANFU: [MEN SPEAKING IN MANDARIN]

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NANFU:
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[MEN SPEAKING IN MANDARIN]
Duration
5 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:40:12
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.
NANFU: Coming back here, - One Child Nation 00:11
NANFU: Coming back here,
NANFU: When my mom was born, her parents named her Zaodi, - One Child Nation 00:07
NANFU: When my mom was born, her parents named her Zaodi,
She later helped her younger brother - One Child Nation 00:08
She later helped her younger brother
NANFU [IN ENGLISH]: I wish I could say that my uncle - One Child Nation 00:07
NANFU [IN ENGLISH]: I wish I could say that my uncle
In my village, we called them matchmakers, - One Child Nation 00:08
In my village, we called them matchmakers,
Talking with my aunt about matchmakers - One Child Nation 00:15
Talking with my aunt about matchmakers
At the time, it seemed cruel and evil - One Child Nation 00:06
At the time, it seemed cruel and evil
But now I wondered if the government's version - One Child Nation 00:06
But now I wondered if the government's version
I tracked down the ex-trafficker Yueneng Duan - One Child Nation 00:05
I tracked down the ex-trafficker Yueneng Duan
Duan spent four years in prison, - One Child Nation 00:07
Duan spent four years in prison,
The day I was there, he was on his break, - One Child Nation 00:08
The day I was there, he was on his break,
[IN MANDARIN] - One Child Nation 00:06
[IN MANDARIN]
NANFU [IN ENGLISH]: The number 10,000 sounded high to me, - One Child Nation 00:07
NANFU [IN ENGLISH]: The number 10,000 sounded high to me,
I asked him to show me exactly how he did it. - One Child Nation 00:05
I asked him to show me exactly how he did it.
NANFU: He used to take a train almost every day - One Child Nation 00:12
NANFU: He used to take a train almost every day
NANFU [IN ENGLISH]: 1992 was the year that China began - One Child Nation 00:10
NANFU [IN ENGLISH]: 1992 was the year that China began
The demand from orphanages grew so fast - One Child Nation 00:06
The demand from orphanages grew so fast
[BOTH SPEAKING IN MANDARIN] - One Child Nation 00:15
[BOTH SPEAKING IN MANDARIN]
And where are the children Duan sold to orphanages? - One Child Nation 00:05
And where are the children Duan sold to orphanages?
One family in America - One Child Nation 00:07
One family in America