This episode explores China’s One-Child Policy, one of the most controversial population control policies in modern history. We examine how it was enforced, the methods used by authorities, and the profound human cost experienced by families across the country.

Content Warning: This episode discusses the enforcement of China’s One-Child Policy, including forced abortions, sterilization, and the death of infants. Listener discretion is advised.

Sources

One Child: The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment by Mei Fong

Documentary: One Child Nation

Websites:

• https://www.britannica.com/topic/one-child-policy/Consequences-of-Chinas-one-child-policy
• https://www.npr.org/2021/06/21/1008656293/the-legacy-of-the-lasting-effects-of-chinas-1-child-policy#:~:text=%22The%20doctors%20would%20inject%20poison,remembers%20Lu%20Bilun%2C%20a%20resident.
• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-17181951
• https://chrissmith.house.gov/uploadedfiles/2012-07-09_continued_human_rights_attacks_on_families_in_china.pdf
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• Wang,Zhihe, Ming Yang, Jiaming Zhang, and Jiang Chang. “Ending an Era of Population Control in China: Was the One-Child Policy Ever Needed?” The American Journal of Economics and Sociology 75, no. 4 (2016): 929–79. http://www.jstor.org/stable/45129326
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