Monitoring press freedom and international affairs from Mid-Missouri Public Radio and the Missouri School of Journalism
"One-Child Nation" shows scars of Chinese policy
By  • 23 May 2019
Having a child renewed filmmaker Nanfu Wang's interest in China's one-child policy. In effect from 1979 to 2016, the restrictions on family size halted China's explosive population growth but have left the country with a…
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'One-child' policy leaves China graying [rebroadcast]
By  • 26 July 2018
A little less than four decades ago China’s population was nearing the 1 billion mark. In 1979 this led the Communist Party to institute the “One-Child Policy” to slow the country’s population growth. That policy…
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In China's girls, artist sees a growing force
By  • 6 March 2018
  "I wanted to show the power that these little girls had." China's economic boom has lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty in the past two decades and transformed a poor country into an…
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China's 'one-child' legacy
By  • 1 March 2018
A little less than four decades ago China’s population was nearing the 1 billion mark. In 1979 this led the Communist Party to institute the “One-Child Policy” to slow the country’s population growth. That policy…
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