@@nyxiekitsune6 not Chinese but from what I read, if both parents are single child, they can have more than one child. Which means there were parents who weren't single children. Perhaps the five year gap law along with fining system she talked about.
I don't think there is a country on earth where a government & or dictatorship hasn't partaken in feeding their own citizens propaganda strategically & intently.
Holy crap... imagine how many children would be on this planet if the one child policy wasn’t a thing... I understand why China did that... but that is crazy.
So many people who doesn't get her point here, listen to what she said at the end, that's the real message, this video isn't even about the one child policy. The real question is, which country is truly free?
The message she wants to send is that propaganda does not happen only in China, sadly it is happening in many places all around the world at this moment.
@@huntingbunny139 Well sort off... We can choose what to do, but quite often we are influenced on a subconscious level and do what "they" want, whilst believing we did it out of our own choice. If you study trends in larger populations over time, you will see that they tend to move towards behaviors that money or politicians want them to focus on, when you look at the group as a whole. Whilst almost all of them believe they have done this of their own choosing. This next thing is not an intention to make it political in the sense claiming what is right or wrong. Just see it as a thought experiment. In virtually all rich countries, the general belief is that some degree of universal health care is the obvious choice, yet in the US a large part of the population is convinced that that would be a terrible thing. Ask yourself, is this due to US citizens thinking about health in a totally different way and have come to realizations that no other part of the rich world has stumbled upon, or could it be a result of what politicians and other influencers have been pushing over the last couple of decades? Again not suggesting anything about your personal beliefs, you might for all I know not be a US citizen in the first place, but I do think it is interesting that even within freedom of thinking and expression, ideas seem to take root in certain populations, that doesn't seem to make much sense when compared to other countries. Is that freedom or influence?
Hunting Bunny resist propaganda? We gonna invade Iraq. Iraq have WoMD. Where is it now? We going in Afghanistan to kill osama. Is that guy the same guy CIA supported? No... sort of yeah... but he went rogue... so we gonna kill him anyway No more boots on the ground: Overthrow the government of Libya, Syria, moving on to Venezuela and increase 10000% sanction on Iran as Iran is evil. Resist propaganda?? Btw, random senseless shooting in us occur.. result: We need to arm the teacher!! Resist propaganda??
Saw many questions in the comment section so I thought I'd share some information about this policy here: 1. It is ok to have twins or triplets - you wouldn't be fined. 2. If you belong to one of the 55 minority groups you are allowed (in most cases) to have more than one child. Those 55 ethnic groups make up 8% of China's population or roughly 112 Million people （today's population). 3. If your first child has a disability you may be allowed to have a second child. 4. The child(ren) you had in your previous marriage(s) doesn't count as long as they don't live with you. If you're remarried you are allowed to have another one. 5. The policy was discussed and introduced in 1978. The goal at the time was to reduce annual population growth rate to below 1% within 3 years. 6. The National Population and Family Planning Committee was formed in 1981 to oversee this policy. It was merged with Ministry of Health in 2013. In 2018 the words "Family Planning" were officially dropped. 7. Starting from 1984, if you and your spouse are both single child you can have two children. 8. Forced abortion and sterilization were common in rural China but relatively rare in cities. 9. In spring of 1991 there was a gruesome, large-scale "100-days without babies" movement in a rural town in Shandong. Local government implemented a full-scale "crackdown" resulted in zero newborns in the town of 500,000 in 3 months. 10. A study in 2013 showed the total population of "single child" is around 218 million. 11. The vocabulary of family relationships, once incredibly rich and complex in Chinese, is on decline. Single child doesn't have siblings and consequentially a single child's children don't have uncles or aunts, nor first cousins.
I actually appreciate this elaboration on the policy. Cus growing up in one of the largest cities in China, I never felt restricted or bothered by the policy nor did my family. I actually have a half sister... it’s not as brutal as the western media portraits it
@paisleyyama There are actually 10 ethnic groups in China following Islam. The One-Child policy for minority groups are different based on their groups, place of residence (rural, remote areas had more relaxed rules to encourage population growth) and other specific conditions. Mostly were allowed to have 2-3 children. Some had restrictions e.g. the 2nd child must not be within 4 years of the 1st child's birth.
I was born under the one child policy and I moved to the Uk at age 9. I didn’t understand the concept of having siblings, ie parents having more than one child. I was so confused when people asked me at school if I had any siblings
It's okay. Its not your fault. If I were the only child I'd be confused too . But u yourself can have more than one kid and Let them have the childhood u couldn't have.
@@Super-qr7wm You don't have a dog but some people around you have dogs. OP didn't have siblings and neither did people around OP. That's the difference.
@@Super-qr7wm they were 9 and had probably never met anyone with siblings before,, it was seen as shameful and was illegal in most cases where they were from. what would you expect from a child being thrown into a COMPLETELY new environment w different laws and cultural and governmental beliefs? comparing not owning a dog to this doesnt even make sense and shows so much of your ignorance on this topic.
They took the precious work of midwifery and forced her into a vile trade. That's not how birth work is supposed to be. I'm so sorry for that midwife 😔
You say that now when it's hypothetical but you have no idea how you would respond in the moment. What if that midwife had a child of her own? What if she had elderly or sick parents? Who would look after them if she killed herself or was arrested for refusing to do her work? Do you know the true inescapable fear of being stuck with a choice like that? It's easy to say that you'd do the right thing when you're comfortable and safe with no risk of ever having to make that choice. Don't judge people whose life you can't even imagine. She feels terrible guilt and has to live with what she did for the rest of her life. It was the policy that was evil not the woman who was stuck with an impossible situation and no way out.
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I was born in 2005 under the 1 kid rule in china I was abandoned as an infant and left alone at a police station. I was taken in by a foster home and adopted at 13 months old .This is my story and I'm so thankful my mother didn't abort me
I was born 2004 under the policy as well. My parents left me In front of a park. I was found by a lady and taken to the police. Later I was put into the orphanage and then I adopted at 2 1/2 years old. I’m so glad I’m alive right now. For others you should to.
awhhh i’m also born 2005. i’m so sorry, i can’t stress this enough. you’re a brave beautiful girl and i hope you have a great, blessed life ahead of you
Tbh, I am grateful that i was born under this policy as a GIRL.. i never doubt that my parents and my family love me very much. they devoted so much to me and invested so much in my education. they had provided me with the best that they could. but when i was growing up, i heard the story so many times that my dad was disappointed to hear i was a girl in the beginning. and my grandparents had to always tell me that girls are the same as boys (i think they were trying to convince themselves rather than me). i had to hear my family call other people lucky to've had a boy. the sexist ideology is deeply embedded. when i was 7, my uncle was expecting a baby, and the whole family started wishing for a boy. let me tell you, the 7-year-old me felt relief when i learned it turned out to be a girl also. i'm not saying a boy cousin would cause me all the love and attention from my family, but it would certainly change the family dynamic for sure.
xsy2020 I’m not Chinese and my dad was disappointed in me being a girl. My mom told me a story about when she was pregnant with me my dad held his face up to her belly and said to me hey hows my little boy doing in there and I kicked him square in the face!
It's not sexist to want a boy. People over here in the US get just as frustrated. Usually they say boys are easier to raise, carry the family name, and can do more with protection and work. That's not sexist.
@@putjesusfirst9814 It's not sexist to want a boy. Usually they say boys are easier to raise, carry the family name, and can do more with protection and work. That's not sexist. My dad wanted a boy yet he didn't love me any less when he found out I was a girl. Is it now sexist to be disappointed if you want a girl and get a boy? No.
Kristall When you value one gender more then the other that’s when it gets sexist. It’s like me saying “I’m not racist, but if my kid has paler skin then I do I’ll be disappointed.” Also could you provide studies that back up your claims. *Kids* are difficult to raise no matter the gender. Whether or not you have testosterone doesn’t change that.
It's not... Anyone that understand China in the least will know that it's a scripted emotional piece made for Americans to give herself fame. I went through the one child policy myself and everything she says is cringy worthy and butt kissing to the max to whatever happens to appeal to audience here, not what's actually correct.
@@arimpact You have been conditioned to believe that. Hence someone questioning that policy is making you upset. You believe what was put in your mind.
Hearing the story of the midwife was probably the most powerful part of this. If history has taught us anything, it is that most of us wouldn't stand up and be the heroes we imagine that we are. Most of us would bend to the will of our leaders and do horrible things in self preservation.
@White Man not necessarily. I am saying that there are many people who are complicit with actions that they either know are wrong or have justified to themselves in some way. Like the midwife thought she was helping her country, but she trembled while carrying out the actions.
Just wait for some decades. With the reduce of the productivity of foods from the global warming and exponent fast growth of the global population, human will get food shortage in the near future. Do not wonder if some human begin to eat human when the food shortage happened. P.s. The best way to reduce the CO2-Emision is to limit the population growth, which no country has noticed or dare to speak out.
The number is strange. Unless you are from a major city, how do you even get to 60k? she said that she's from a country side. A village is usually a few hundred to a thousand people. That's on average of 4-6 times of pregnancy for every men, women, and children (including the surrounding villages).
@@hanwenhengliu3776 In countries like the US and the EU, birth rates are way down. People have way more choices and many people are not having nearly as many kids as families used to have willingly, without government controlled birth rates. We have the technology and knowledge to change our food resources to more sustainable means as well as our energy sector. Also, by you saying you want to force people to have less children because you are worried that there could be some kind of famine or over population is more for your own self preservation than what I am saying. Also, China now realized they made a mistake by doing what they did and have a crisis looming. They don't have enough young people to take care of the elderly and replace the workforce.
It’s a mentality in some country that a daughter would not be able to take care of her family after marriage and will have to provide for her husband’s family only leaving her parents helpless which is why people also wanted to have a son so that he would be able to provide for the family However this has changed since in today’s time female can provide for the family as well but it is still very hard to change a persons mentality which they have since they were born
I was born in china. There were some twins in my preschool class, one boy and one girl. They were lucky that the girh didn't got killed... i don't know how they are now, but i hope they're doing well :)
I was born in the one child policy, in the year 2003. I was abandoned at 3 days old in front of a hotel. Was brought into an orphanage and adopted 1 year later. So happy to be alive although I don’t say it enough!!
This speech should have been longer. She is right propaganda change the way we see people different from us without giving ourselves a chance to judge by our own experiences.
My mother said she was so upset that I was a girl she didnt even look at me when I was born ..but later after when I was brought back from the nursery apparently I was looking at her and her heart melted the moment our eyes met.
Now you can have as many babies as you wish in china, the country now needs more labor force. But few people would like to have more than one baby due to economic concerns.
@@gratitudeandlovee Yes we still would. There is over 7 billion of us. With the rate the population is growing there might be around 10 billions of us by the year 2050. That's simply not sustainable.
I watched her documentary last night, and, honestly, it is something that I will never forget. Being a Chinese adoptee myself-having been born and adopted when the policy was still in place-the documentary held a lot of meaning for me and gave me a view into the struggles of those living under the one-child policy. If parents were to violate the policy, officials would be after them, eventually finding their homes and raiding them. There were forced abortions, most of the abortions being done to women who were already 8-9 months pregnant. Horrific time, it was. I will never know what my biological parents, specifically, went through during that time and I will never know if they wanted me or not. Just recently, I took a DNA test and found out that I have a sibling about 3 ½ years older than me who was also born and adopted during the time of the one-child policy. We are to meet in person in a month. For all I know, I could have another sibling out there. I don’t feel any bitterness nor resentment towards my biological parents and their choice to give me up. If anything, I’m thankful for their choice, for I never would have been so lucky to have the family that I have now. But I know that not every adoptee may feel the same way and it makes me sad. I believe that it is important for anyone who is connected to China in some way to watch the documentary as well as read into the era of the one-child policy and understand the hardships that these people had to suffer.
coming from a chinese family, it's patriarchy and the perception that boys are physically stronger, and are more abled to protect their family, do their family proud. sadly, it still exists in modern society, in chinese families outside of mainland china, descendants of chinese who left their homeland for a better life. i am a 4th generation chinese in southeast asia and luckily, in my family, this has become less focused on.
cheryl neo I can attest to this as a Chinese immigrant. My mom has always told me she wishes I was born a boy because I’d be more capable of taking care of myself and cause my family less worry.
The way one child policy was carried out sounds really brutal and inhuman. But being from India and feeling the effects of population explosion first hand, i do understand the need for a limit on number of children a person can have.
@@yuvrajsharma8425 any policy carried out in a country as big as China needed and will always need violence and authority to carry out. If people kept having babies as they wish, pretty soon they would run out of food/resources to keep the family going. Young girls were usually the one that got sacrificed, even till this day in some rural areas lol.
@@tinayang5342 true but such social ostracizing ..... should not be a necessity? Like spread awareness among people about both the population problem and girls being capable. The law should be strict but the but people need not be cruel to each other.
@@yuvrajsharma8425 A softer approach is likely adopted if China 40 years ago had the same economic power and literacy rate as the country today. People in the rural area... they would not listen, and it would take decades with lesser effectiveness. Many people in the countryside were illiterate, population problem and gender equality were the least of their concern compared to making sure that they have enough to eat for tonight dinner. They had no sense of laws and regulation too (the same thing nowadays but much better). It was a sad and horrible time due to a series of unfortunate events prior. I feel deeply sympathetic but cannot think of a better way to address the problem as efficiently as the one-child policy. The country would collapse if every family has 8 children but no money... Well now, the Chinese government is spreading awareness to encourage young people to have 2 children/ get married, instead of forcing them haha.
I feel much better now after I've heard this lady said in the end of video : There is no country on earth where propaganda isn't present. And in societies that are supposed to be more open and free than China, it can be even harder to recognize what propaganda looks like.
Even if those babies weren't aborted by the midwife, they would still live like property. Parents who want more than one child want boys. You expect those parents know how to be parents?
I was born when the one child policy was still a law, I never really understood the policy and I was bitter that I had been abandoned. But after watching this, I'm so grateful to be alive and breathing because I could have easily been the ones who didn't survive. I know I should've been great full anyways but you couldn't blame me when you look in the mirror and barely know anything about your own history or don't look like your parents. It hurts sometimes. But to sum it all up, I'm so lucky and great full that I'm alive and was allowed a chance to live.
One minor question, 60,000 abortions. Assume 30 years of practice, that is 2,000 a year. Assume 300 workdays a year, that is almost 7 a day. This midwife was way too efficient.
60,000 is a lot of abortions, but there are probably several US abortion doctors who hit that number. In an efficiently set up urban facility a doctor can do up to a dozen first trimester abortions an hour. Even if they do just four hours three days a week, that's 144 a week. Assume two weeks of vacation and that 7,200 a year. So just doing abortions part time you could end up doing 60,000 in under 9 years. Dr. Thomas Tucker reported having done over 60,000 in an interview before his death. The Kermit Gosnell jury gasped when Dr. Charles David Benjamin, an expert witness describing how later abortions would be properly done, said that he'd preformed 40,000 -- and he does later abortions, which are more time-consuming because each patient needs preparation in visits over several days. How could they do that many an hour? Turning the rooms quickly. Get Patient 1 ready in Procedure Room A. While the doctor takes his five minutes to do the abortion you set up Patient 2 in Procedure Room B. He finishes with Patient 1, and while he's across the hall doing Patient 2 you hasten Patient 1 off to recovery, do a quick superficial clean-up, and bring in Patient 3. The assembly-line process was developed by Dr. Edward "Fast Eddie" Allred, the entrepreneur who built the largest for-profit chain of abortion clinics in the world, Family Planning Associates Medical Group. Of course that kind of haste can come at a cost -- I know of over a dozen dead FPA abortion patients -- but if you have good lawyers that's only a problem for the women and their families.
@@ubermom I know what you are talking about, in fact you can even be more efficient than that . Listen to this speaker, the set up of her story was rural China, early to late 80s, small village,say 1000 people, then the question is "Does that number still sound reasonable to you?" Is she fear-mongering instead of telling the truth? Is this a true story or one of those random anecdotes? Then questioning the credibility of this speech is unavoidable.
This is amazing! I never myself thought about ALL the victims, it makes me completely know what kind if lawyer I want to become, to help even the past. You're amazing Nanfu!!!
Oh god. I’m adopted from China, and I..... I could’ve been killed by a mid wife??? I thought it was lucky that I wasn’t left in a rice field, but I’m Also lucky to not have been forced aborted. My heart really hurts now
My heart hurts. I was born in 2004 under the one child policy and I realize now that I was not even supposed to be born. I was given up and put in an orphanage. I staying their until I was one, then my mother adopted me. I’m grateful to her but it also hurts to understand now that I missed out on a life in China because my birth mother and father chose my biological brother over me.
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I’m 13 and from the United States I cant imagine what everyone has gone through I feel for them from the bottom in my heart I don’t know what they’ve been through but I hope all who have been through it understand we’re all here for you
I was born under one child policy however many families from rural areas were allowed to have the second if the first one is girl. On the contrary, it’s prohibited to do so in urban.
Same here, and my younger brother was born just 3 years after me although my parents did have to pay a hefty fee. It's not that uncommon to see families with more than one kid, but sometimes people were shocked to hear I had a brother
Now it’s two Child policy in China. And to correct you with some fact. During her generation, in the city you’re only allow to have one child, but in the countryside you can up to two.
I was also born under the one child policy in China when it was in effect. I was abandoned and left in an orphanage a few days afterwards. Luckily I was adopted when I was 4 1/2 years. It can sad not knowing my birth parents sometimes, but I’m glad the life I have now. I’m grateful for my life now and to be alive.
The problem is not only about the one child policy, it also lies within the fact that many families want a son rather than a daughter to pass on the family name.
That's not an issue. It makes sense. Boys are also less expensive, biologically have more upper body strength, stronger bones, ect. To help out with. If there was no one child policy, they wouldn't care because they could have as many as they want
@@stevemathew1340 when did I say they weren't? I'm a woman. Of course I know I'm a person. And no. Gender preferences aren't sexist. Biological facts don't care about you feelings and ask all parents. Most will tell you boys are easier, less expensive, and less complicated. Average man has more strength then the average woman. These are just facts.
@@kristall5928 "That's not an issue" ? K. Tell that to the current over population of males who can't get a date in China bc most of the females their age were all aborted! (Or better yet, tell it to the souls of those females who were aborted!!) Not an issue?! Wtf.
(Please do read till the end) There are reasons why laws in rural Chinese area have to be pushed with harder force of execution: in rural areas, which are mostly considered economically underdeveloped, laws are often ignored because of lack of executive force, a result of being too far (both geographically and administratively) from the centralized government. Despite that rural people are usually praised for their honesty and hardworking virtues, countryside in China doesn't get a good rap when it comes to its corrupt, outdated customs, which contributes to the fact that they won't obey laws. For instance, in the context of one child policy, folks in rural areas have a very strong sexist sense: they prefer boys to girls. The morality behind it is that, rural families are mostly farmers, and unlike highly industrialized farming in US, Chinese agricultural industry has been dominated by small-scale farmer economy for a long time, and the unit of it is, of course, family. Thus, the more male members in the family, the better productivity this small team has. It has been true for hundreds of years and only got little better in modern China. Despite the fact that more and more rural families choose to send their children into urban area for college to actually improve their lives, rural parents often force their children to drop out of school (the government would literally fund the kids for school, even till today going to college is soooo cheap comparing to US, despite that lowers the average general quality of higher education, another story) to help farming, "helping improving the family" in the most short-visioned way possible. And thus the mentality continues, the more boys the better. It would become such a craze that rural parents insist on having a boy, no matter how much it costs, and girls are all burdens (because they will eventually marry others and become other families' memeber, no point of "wasting time n money"). So they would give birth to child on and on until they finally got a boy. This kind of child-bearing race can only bring the family into even deeper poverty and will eventually become a burden for the government to deal with. Hence goes the saying 越穷越生，越生越穷 (bear more children to deal with poverty, and then, in return, getting poorer). And it leads to so many other social issues in China such as human trafficking, child abandoning, which are much worse than just "not having a sibling" or "being stared at", and tbh, when I was a kid, we only envy them that they can have bro/sis, no one would "discriminate" them. people can always become 超生户 (over-bearing household, literal translation) if they want to, and during that small amount of time period when the policy became mature, it turned into a symbol of wealth if you can bear more than one child, pay the fine, afford the extra living expense and still be able to maintain certain level of life standard. To me, as a Chinese under one-child policy, I'm grateful (in the least shoe-licking way possible) for it, cuz otherwise, my parents won't be able to fully support me to receive education in the States. In my opinion, Nanfu's parents are supposed to luv their child no matter what gender it has, rather than giving birth to another child. Not saying Nanfu is targeting the wrong one, but at least their parents are ones to blame too. (Edit: OR, the possible reality is, Nanfu’s family is wealthy enough to give birth to another child, unlike other millions of farmer family, they are the direct benefitees of disobeying the law) This is something stories of millions of other Nanfu won't speak about in the West, because it doesn't align with the "propaganda" here. actually, I prefer to call it "agenda", because this way it neutralizes the moral judgement in "propaganda", and I do think agendas should be all justified without doubt under its own national context, no matter US's military action in middle East, or China's one-child policy. Agenda, or "propaganda", merely indicates the most significant task that a nation needs to solve at its contemporary time, no matter what it brings or means to other people in the world, it must be a collateral optimized solution for the nation. But, there is a flaw: if your agenda tells you, "go judge a foreign agenda as bad", it is ok, until it means nothing and even wrong if you wanna actually judge them in their own agenda/context, because you are applying your reasoning cultivated under a completely different social/economical context, which in turn is cultivated under a different culture, which further in turn is cultivated under a different geopolitical environment. It’s often times logically wrong. (Edit: In this case, China has this long-going population game between its people and the government, unlike States even the whole western world that faces completely different social structural challenges) Thus, isn't anti-propaganda also propaganda?
Aisha Abdikarim I don’t think abortion equals to killing babies; and abortion is morally debatable, cuz there are many sets moral values in the world, not just yours; I’m merely stating a fact I didn’t make any moral judgement, and at the end I only emphasize the importance of relativism; Even if I do need to make a moral judgement, I don’t think you are entitled to speak for my own moral judgement. You didn’t get my point. I do appreciate your efforts trying to persuade me, but plz provide a full logic chain.
Aisha Abdi I think abortion is same as killing an insect if we look at it when we kill bugs we are killing a living organism. That too for no reason but killing a child is not equal to killing a baby however I do not support 1 child policy nor am I against it
@@aaravgupta7686 The midwife had killed actual newborn babies right after they were born. (In cases where they had tried to abort them unsuccessfully) And that part what something she can't justify to herself because there us no justification. That what he was referring to by her killing babies and everyone knowing initially that it's wrong. Furthermore, I'm pro-choice and fully agree that abortion is complex thing. But that's very different than performing several forces abortions or performing abortions that that person says they want under such duress and propaganda. Someone had calculated that she approximately performed those abortions 7 times a day. That's a lot even if you would be a pro-choice and you would know that the person made the decision to have an abortion freely. It's absolutely cruel to force people to have children they can't afford like some states are doing now. But that doesn't make forcing abortion any more rightful.
I think this is more from a practical view than a sexist view. Let's say you did sterilise the man in stead of the woman. If a woman really needed the child why not get another man who is not sterilised yet because it didn't have his child yet to impregnate you? Especially in the time where DNA research was not as developed yet. And what if the man left his wife? Or is just not pressent at delivery? On the other hand if you sterilise the woman this would be a lot harder. Even if a man could make another woman carry his child she would then be sterilised and not be able to have a child from her man. She also always has to be pressent at delivery.
@@laartje24 in a practical view where they want to control/reduce the population. I think sterilising a man seems more practical since he can impregnate a 100 in a short amount of time while a woman takes 9 months. Again, no sexism. Just a practical perspective
@@paidamichelle754 how is he gonna impregnate if they are sterilized? Trust me, women can find a way to have another kid. Since she's the one pushing them out, she's the one sterilized. Not everything is sexist so stfu
@@mihabrilj152 I agree with 杜. I'm Chinese, and I have a sister. Everyone express admiration to me since I have a sister. All of my family never feel shame. On the other hand, one child policy is necessary, because the generation of my parents have more than 5 brothers/sisters. Even though we have one child policy, each class from primary school to high school, have more than 70 persons in a class. You can not image 1.4 billion people means.
This woman is talking about one-child policy from a personal perspective, giving the impression that the government is cruel. She did not explain the reasons behind it. The Chinese could not afford the good education of many children in that poor time. Uncontrolled birth brings a bunch of illiterates. When she is fluent in English on the TED platform, she should not only be grateful to her parents, but she should also be grateful to the government's one-child policy. If there is no this policy, she may now have Eighth baby for his husband in a poor village.
Thx for ur comment. The government is cruel in my opinion. It’s pretty simple. The point I was referring to was the message at the end and that all governments and political parties of governments use propaganda. We all need to be aware and more vigilant in our understanding of that because it can be subtle.
@@rickharold7884 In fact, the government is more cruel to itself. In order to promote the implementation of this policy, public officials are required to be stricter, and even if they pay a fine, they will be expelled from work. Ordinary people who give birth to more children only need to pay an education fee as a fine.
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My cousin was born in 2014, a year before the policy ended. Unfortunately, her parents had to pay fines just for having a second member of the family. I am the only child in my family. My grandmother really wanted a son, and when I turned out to be otherwise, she wanted my parents to have another child, ye they did not want to pay the fines. Any second child is lucky to be born after 2015
It's crazy what we humans will do to one another. My heart goes out to those effected by these type of manipulations in any society. Forced sterilization was a thing in America while back. It's sad to me that some have forgotten that.
I remember when I was at a summer camp when I was 12 and this one girl told me how her family had to leave China because her mom found out she was going to have a second child and they wanted to keep her
Saw some statistics on reddit showing population per continent in the last 100 years or so. Europe has had roughly the same population for a very long time so i doubt it will happen any time soon in Europe. EDIT: Here is the source www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/co2003/global_population_by_birth_year_oc/
Skweepa As soon as she mentioned “propaganda” I thought of the mandatory vaccine movement. Californians just lost their right to say no just this past week. Very controversial to say “no” to forced medical procedures without being labeled with a variety of negative slurs, thanks to propaganda perpetuated by the media and government and Big Medicine, all of which are supported by the pharmaceutical industry. But anyway, great question and great talk.
MamitaGomez So true! I’ve never been vaccinated, and I’m perfectly fine. I have a really strong immune system actually. I haven’t decided if I want to vaccinate my kids or not, but I couldn’t imagine NOT having that choice. Having my body violated like that. But yet when I mention I haven’t been vaccinated, people attack me verbally, gasp, and scoot away from me like I’m some disease... even though I barely get sick. I honestly don’t understand why people act so strongly to that even though most of them don’t even understand WHY they get vaccinated or what vaccinations do.
œ æ But since you’re “vaccinated” you’re supposedly supposed to be immune to a disease or have a very low likelihood of getting it. If this wasn’t true, why are they vaccinated? What are vaccinations doing then if they aren’t affective? Makes you think
This is just one reason I never say I don't hate my brother. Yes he is very annoying sometimes but I love him so so much and I don't know what I'd do without him.
May I ask why is it a burden to be an only child? I have one child and my husband wants another but I don’t. Neither of us is an only child which is why im asking you, a total stranger for your honest opinion.
@@lupea4439 because in my upbringing, my family are all very respective of our elders, and naturally because they brought my parents, uncles, and aunts up well. so in return, we also treat our grandparents and parents well. in order to do that, there are a certain degree of importance on getting a high paying job, in order to support your family when they are retired. So as an only child, i feel the burden to get good education, find a good job, earn money, and to be able to return the amount of time, effort, and money spent on raising me. Not only in terms of $$$ but also in terms of love and care for my parents and grandparents, as an only child, its difficult to take care of others and at the same time yourself, so i think for me, it would be nice if i had siblings to help out you know? Also, parents' expectations are focused on me, the only child. Having more siblings would also spread their attention. Here is my honest opinion, id be glad to explain more if you need.
This Ted Talk on China's one-child policy offers a compelling perspective on the socio-economic impact and challenges faced by individuals and families. The speaker's insights shed light on the complexities of such a policy and its broader implications for society. It's a thought-provoking exploration of a significant chapter in China's history.
I know this isn’t the point of her speech, but we should all appreciate how incredibly hard she worked to learn a language so incredibly unlike her native tongue, so much so that she not only mastered it, but delivered a better speech in it than I ever gave in my college years. Congratulations to a truly accomplished lady.
Now I have mixed feelings of my home - Hong Kong *This rule is only for those who have a Mainland Chinese passport and a city ID Pros: 1. We (parents) get to have as many children as we like Cons: 1. You'd get beaten if you sang the national song or spoke Chinese (mandarin/putonghua)
I've heard that boys were favored under this policy. If that's true, are there a shortage of women for young Chinese men to date/marry? Do the Chinese men generally have to leave the country to find wives?
lfutrell82 idk if it’s totally true but I’ve heard stories of some single Chinese men going out of country to seek out wives. China is going through some issues as a result of the imbalance between genders. Supposedly there’s been a rise of human trafficking in the country as a result, which really is a shame.
Yes. There is a serious imbalance of men to women, such that "successful" adult men in China have a very difficult time finding a wife and either stay single or look at neighboring countries for one.
Exactly what they did. I'm a single child resulting from the policy. Does it suck to not have a sibling, sometimes ya. I still think they did what they should. Most commenting on here says "yes china has over population but they shoulda done (name idealism solution they only need to typing a few words on youtube comment for). Growing up in the states I can see how hard to govt managing 300 million is here, imagine trying to manage 5x that. Hard ground rules need to be set. Every action has some draw backs, taking the worst of the draw backs and making it sound common like this video is doing is pathetic.
@@AA123TD But the problem is already with 1 billion population and much less developed economy in 1970s-1980s, how long would it take for Chinese to reach the point that 'people decide to have less children', or would we ever reach that point?There was no previous example for China to follow
@Aisha Abdi but people don't naturally take the decision to reduce their number of children. And this leads to overpopulation and deadly battle for jobs, food, house space, education etc. Story of India! They can't control population, so nature will, at some point. Unfortunately history has shown us that course is always more brutal than we can take.
Although I don't like her opinion that one-child policy is wrong in the cities (because China doesn't have enough resources to support hundreds of millions more people, children and their families would live in poor conditions with no good educations, children should not been born if they couldn't be treated well), she did point out a very good point: propaganda is everywhere, like her speech is a deliberately chosen one by TED.
well imagine you got pregnant with a second child HOW would YOU feel about it if the wanted you to abort it you do know that abortion is a very cruel thing plus you want to know what happens during abortion the babys limbs and body parts are plucked and removed for the private area would you want that to happen to your baby!??!! no you wouldnt i think that people should have their own freedom
That was 35 years ago, caused by some guy trying to make China great, screwed up and caused famines. Even if there wasn't, back then, they can't keep up with population growth anyways. They should've stopped much earlier or reviewed the policy more thoroughly. China also has a massive gender imbalance, having 30mill more guys due to their culture and how Chinese prefer sons. This lead to human trafficking
so i grew up under the policy, this is my story: my parents never wanted a second child, they simply didn't have the money to support a second child. among my dad's 6 siblings, one has 2 children, got fined; one has 3 children, but because she was married to a man of a minority ethinic group, second child was permitted, but got fined for the third. the fine was about a factory worker's entire year salary. it's hefty but not unmanagable. the parents also get a pay decrease for a period of time as punishment. among my dad's six siblings, 3 of them have a girl, my parents has a boy, the other 2 tried until they have a boy. growing up under the policy, the idea of gender equality was enfored, part of the "propaganda" was about having a girl is just as good as having a boy, it changed the entire country's old misoginistic idea about having children. now comparing to eastern asia countries, Chinese women have the most freedom and equality in terms of their role in marriage or in work place. in 1985 China's GDP per capita (1600$) is about 1/12 of the U.S. people lived in actual poverty. The base number of Chinese population is large, current Chinese population is about 1.4 billion, if the policy did't took place, the number is estimated to be 1.8 billion. in 2019 Chinese GDP per capita supassed 10000$ (6 times of year 1985), while U.S. is about 65000$ (3 times of year 1985). without the policy the GDP would go down by like 30%. My parents could afford to send me to U.S. for college. i don't believe i could do so if they are 30% less finacially secured. I don't have sisters or brothers, i have a bunch of cousins. we call text and face time each other all the time. we grew up together because we lived really close by. there were 3 years that mandatory sterilization took place in 2 provinces according to my research, not anywhere else. it was taken off because even the government didn't believe it was right. the really “old fashioned" thinking people birthed girls and abandoned them. the absolute majority didn't do that. even during the policy, killing infent because they were girls were simply just murder. it's not a practice that were recognized or legalized, those people commited crimes punishable by death in China. deperate bigoted people who believed girls worth nothing doesn't worth your sympathy. if there was no fine, they would still give the girls away, abandom them, or treat them like they were less (won't let them go to school, marry them off for money or some traiditional bs that was practiced in old China). for some people with stories of "my family wanted a second child so we imigrated to the U.S." really???? Do you realize how hard it is for a family in communist China to imigrate to U.S.? it is nearly impossible. If they had the money and the connections to imigrate to the U.S. they had the money for the fine, period. we talk about the 1% in the U.S., about how rich they are. in the 80s China, you have to be like the 0.0001% to be able to immigrate to U.S. just think about the GDP numbers i mentioned. or did you trade national secrets for citizenship? i didn't want to write too much about my opinions, i believe 90% of what i wrote are facts, or some troll is gonna come for me calling me brain washed. you can't be brainwashed if you didn't put opinions in it. i don't want to take away Nanfu's story. it happened somewhere. but it wasn't a norm. to me, i can't definitively say if the policy was good or bad, all i can say is, i understand her story, deeply, but also the policy was implimented under survival mode, and i can see the possive changes it brought to the country, which was never discussed, anywhere, ever. when it comes to China, the opinions are almost always one sided and self-rightous. Maybe we need to check out the other side of the coin.
I agree with her in general, and especially how propaganda works. But what would China become if they didn't do that one-child policy? I think it was necessary in their situation, even if it's cruel.
people think one of the worst things is to be without the ability to make a child in the womb. there are so many children looking for families in the foster care system. the whole point of having a child is to have a small person to raise with love into adulthood hoping they are a good person and make good choices along the way. sharing in their success and failures. you dont have to make a child in your own womb for that. you dont have to bring a child into the world, you can still bring a child into the family
That sounds like my dear old Germany... That those gruesome mindsets still have a place in our world... That whole societies can be blinded so easily and That WE can lie to ourselves so perfectly that we can't even understand how wrong it is what we are doing... Or not doing in some cases...
Can we talk about her accent is AMAZING? She has such a good American English accent for a non-native speaker! Love to all the language learners out there ❤️
Basically, under that policy, there was no such thing as an aunt or uncle or even first cousins
Roqaya Badawy And somehow, I still have an uncle and cousin? I’m super confused on how, but uhh...
@@nyxiekitsune6 not Chinese but from what I read, if both parents are single child, they can have more than one child.
Which means there were parents who weren't single children. Perhaps the five year gap law along with fining system she talked about.
Mamabishh Nope, my mom and uncle were born one year apart, and my grandma had like 4 or 5 sisters.
L e m o n V l o g Z what are the chances? It’s still more than one kid and rare
I have a sister, most of my friends have siblings, i have an aunt, i have multiple uncles, get it now;)
"no society where propaganda replaces truth can be truly free."
I don't think there is a country on earth where a government & or dictatorship hasn't partaken in feeding their own citizens propaganda strategically & intently.
No society that is organized through threats and violence can be construed as civilized or ideal 🙏
@@thenextuni7570 remember McCarthyism?
Liv M amen
Oh hey there mah twin
The story of the midwife was so sad :(
jupiter is a bean I’m only a minute in and have no clue what your talking about... but you had 899 likes. My ocd couldn’t handle it
the poor midwife!
Holy crap... imagine how many children would be on this planet if the one child policy wasn’t a thing... I understand why China did that... but that is crazy.
Andin Schvaneveldt same
I cried :(
Okay but her baby is literally the cutest little thing I’ve ever seen.
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Ash_is_a_Unicorn ik 😍😍😍
Not really a cute baby no offense
that’s my line🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
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So many people who doesn't get her point here, listen to what she said at the end, that's the real message, this video isn't even about the one child policy. The real question is, which country is truly free?
Her answer is "no country"
Definitely not china
@@memestagestartup and your country is? learn to read the question
Every country in the world is freer than China. China is just CPC and nothing else. Try to protest and they'll blow you with a tank.
@@memestagestartup is the perfect example for propaganda.
The message she wants to send is that propaganda does not happen only in China, sadly it is happening in many places all around the world at this moment.
that's true but in democratic countries you can resist the propaganda but not in China and also in Russia.
@@huntingbunny139 nice joke, many people in democratic countries are more crazily believe in their propaganda than the way they think they are.
@@huntingbunny139 Well sort off... We can choose what to do, but quite often we are influenced on a subconscious level and do what "they" want, whilst believing we did it out of our own choice. If you study trends in larger populations over time, you will see that they tend to move towards behaviors that money or politicians want them to focus on, when you look at the group as a whole. Whilst almost all of them believe they have done this of their own choosing. This next thing is not an intention to make it political in the sense claiming what is right or wrong. Just see it as a thought experiment. In virtually all rich countries, the general belief is that some degree of universal health care is the obvious choice, yet in the US a large part of the population is convinced that that would be a terrible thing. Ask yourself, is this due to US citizens thinking about health in a totally different way and have come to realizations that no other part of the rich world has stumbled upon, or could it be a result of what politicians and other influencers have been pushing over the last couple of decades? Again not suggesting anything about your personal beliefs, you might for all I know not be a US citizen in the first place, but I do think it is interesting that even within freedom of thinking and expression, ideas seem to take root in certain populations, that doesn't seem to make much sense when compared to other countries. Is that freedom or influence?
Hunting Bunny resist propaganda?
We gonna invade Iraq. Iraq have WoMD. Where is it now?
We going in Afghanistan to kill osama. Is that guy the same guy CIA supported? No... sort of yeah... but he went rogue... so we gonna kill him anyway
No more boots on the ground:
Overthrow the government of Libya, Syria, moving on to Venezuela and increase 10000% sanction on Iran as Iran is evil. Resist propaganda??
Btw, random senseless shooting in us occur.. result: We need to arm the teacher!! Resist propaganda??
@@huntingbunny139 usa is full of capitalist propaganda
Saw many questions in the comment section so I thought I'd share some information about this policy here:
1. It is ok to have twins or triplets - you wouldn't be fined.
2. If you belong to one of the 55 minority groups you are allowed (in most cases) to have more than one child. Those 55 ethnic groups make up 8% of China's population or roughly 112 Million people （today's population).
3. If your first child has a disability you may be allowed to have a second child.
4. The child(ren) you had in your previous marriage(s) doesn't count as long as they don't live with you. If you're remarried you are allowed to have another one.
5. The policy was discussed and introduced in 1978. The goal at the time was to reduce annual population growth rate to below 1% within 3 years.
6. The National Population and Family Planning Committee was formed in 1981 to oversee this policy. It was merged with Ministry of Health in 2013. In 2018 the words "Family Planning" were officially dropped.
7. Starting from 1984, if you and your spouse are both single child you can have two children.
8. Forced abortion and sterilization were common in rural China but relatively rare in cities.
9. In spring of 1991 there was a gruesome, large-scale "100-days without babies" movement in a rural town in Shandong. Local government implemented a full-scale "crackdown" resulted in zero newborns in the town of 500,000 in 3 months.
10. A study in 2013 showed the total population of "single child" is around 218 million.
11. The vocabulary of family relationships, once incredibly rich and complex in Chinese, is on decline. Single child doesn't have siblings and consequentially a single child's children don't have uncles or aunts, nor first cousins.
X tell me about no. 11, man...memorising all those terms is hard. Even normal Chinese struggle with this sometimes.
You are scared . So much you remembered the whole article.😂😂😂
@paisleyyama 2
I actually appreciate this elaboration on the policy. Cus growing up in one of the largest cities in China, I never felt restricted or bothered by the policy nor did my family. I actually have a half sister... it’s not as brutal as the western media portraits it
@paisleyyama There are actually 10 ethnic groups in China following Islam. The One-Child policy for minority groups are different based on their groups, place of residence (rural, remote areas had more relaxed rules to encourage population growth) and other specific conditions. Mostly were allowed to have 2-3 children. Some had restrictions e.g. the 2nd child must not be within 4 years of the 1st child's birth.
I was born under the one child policy and I moved to the Uk at age 9. I didn’t understand the concept of having siblings, ie parents having more than one child. I was so confused when people asked me at school if I had any siblings
Why ? I dont have a dog but i know what they are . Do me a favour , grow up .
literally every child thinks like that, i.e. they only understand things they know personally.
It's okay. Its not your fault. If I were the only child I'd be confused too . But u yourself can have more than one kid and Let them have the childhood u couldn't have.
@@Super-qr7wm You don't have a dog but some people around you have dogs. OP didn't have siblings and neither did people around OP. That's the difference.
@@Super-qr7wm they were 9 and had probably never met anyone with siblings before,, it was seen as shameful and was illegal in most cases where they were from. what would you expect from a child being thrown into a COMPLETELY new environment w different laws and cultural and governmental beliefs? comparing not owning a dog to this doesnt even make sense and shows so much of your ignorance on this topic.
Guys this lady got some serious guts
She may have immigrated .
Apparently she hasn't lived in China. She mentioned her "past" when she did.
@@ghostwhitebunny8623 Your words make people laugh off their teeth.
She does!
@@ghostwhitebunny8623 bruh. u stupid
They took the precious work of midwifery and forced her into a vile trade. That's not how birth work is supposed to be. I'm so sorry for that midwife 😔
I blame her too. I'd rather kill myself than kill a sweet little innocent baby
You say that now when it's hypothetical but you have no idea how you would respond in the moment. What if that midwife had a child of her own? What if she had elderly or sick parents? Who would look after them if she killed herself or was arrested for refusing to do her work? Do you know the true inescapable fear of being stuck with a choice like that? It's easy to say that you'd do the right thing when you're comfortable and safe with no risk of ever having to make that choice. Don't judge people whose life you can't even imagine. She feels terrible guilt and has to live with what she did for the rest of her life. It was the policy that was evil not the woman who was stuck with an impossible situation and no way out.
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The women were sterilized. Not the men. And where are these "only sons" going to get brides? Argentina?
North Korea 😞
This question is as valid as it is funny.
And prostitution has become even a bigger business than before.
Traffic women from neighbouring countries
Yeah because women were the one pushing out the baby...?
I was born in 2005 under the 1 kid rule in china I was abandoned as an infant and left alone at a police station. I was taken in by a foster home and adopted at 13 months old .This is my story and I'm so thankful my mother didn't abort me
Happy ur alive
I was born in 2002 and abandoned then adopted at 2 years old and I wish I were aborted lol
Jasmine not abandoned but a mood lmao
I was born 2004 under the policy as well. My parents left me In front of a park. I was found by a lady and taken to the police. Later I was put into the orphanage and then I adopted at 2 1/2 years old. I’m so glad I’m alive right now. For others you should to.
awhhh i’m also born 2005. i’m so sorry, i can’t stress this enough. you’re a brave beautiful girl and i hope you have a great, blessed life ahead of you
Tbh, I am grateful that i was born under this policy as a GIRL.. i never doubt that my parents and my family love me very much. they devoted so much to me and invested so much in my education. they had provided me with the best that they could.
but when i was growing up, i heard the story so many times that my dad was disappointed to hear i was a girl in the beginning. and my grandparents had to always tell me that girls are the same as boys (i think they were trying to convince themselves rather than me). i had to hear my family call other people lucky to've had a boy. the sexist ideology is deeply embedded. when i was 7, my uncle was expecting a baby, and the whole family started wishing for a boy. let me tell you, the 7-year-old me felt relief when i learned it turned out to be a girl also. i'm not saying a boy cousin would cause me all the love and attention from my family, but it would certainly change the family dynamic for sure.
xsy2020 that’s very sad and my heart goes out to you. Being a women is nothing to be ashamed of and you’re worth just as much as any man.
xsy2020 I’m not Chinese and my dad was disappointed in me being a girl. My mom told me a story about when she was pregnant with me my dad held his face up to her belly and said to me hey hows my little boy doing in there and I kicked him square in the face!
It's not sexist to want a boy. People over here in the US get just as frustrated. Usually they say boys are easier to raise, carry the family name, and can do more with protection and work. That's not sexist.
@@putjesusfirst9814 It's not sexist to want a boy. Usually they say boys are easier to raise, carry the family name, and can do more with protection and work. That's not sexist. My dad wanted a boy yet he didn't love me any less when he found out I was a girl. Is it now sexist to be disappointed if you want a girl and get a boy? No.
Kristall
When you value one gender more then the other that’s when it gets sexist. It’s like me saying “I’m not racist, but if my kid has paler skin then I do I’ll be disappointed.” Also could you provide studies that back up your claims. *Kids* are difficult to raise no matter the gender. Whether or not you have testosterone doesn’t change that.
If her Ted talk is this gripping, I can't wait to see the doco!!!
It's not... Anyone that understand China in the least will know that it's a scripted emotional piece made for Americans to give herself fame. I went through the one child policy myself and everything she says is cringy worthy and butt kissing to the max to whatever happens to appeal to audience here, not what's actually correct.
It's on prime video and it's very well done.
@@arimpact Please enlighten us, oh wise one.
@Gmail Account she is telling the truth. Hes just a mouthpiece
@@arimpact You have been conditioned to believe that. Hence someone questioning that policy is making you upset. You believe what was put in your mind.
Hearing the story of the midwife was probably the most powerful part of this. If history has taught us anything, it is that most of us wouldn't stand up and be the heroes we imagine that we are. Most of us would bend to the will of our leaders and do horrible things in self preservation.
@White Man not necessarily. I am saying that there are many people who are complicit with actions that they either know are wrong or have justified to themselves in some way. Like the midwife thought she was helping her country, but she trembled while carrying out the actions.
Just wait for some decades. With the reduce of the productivity of foods from the global warming and exponent fast growth of the global population, human will get food shortage in the near future. Do not wonder if some human begin to eat human when the food shortage happened.
P.s. The best way to reduce the CO2-Emision is to limit the population growth, which no country has noticed or dare to speak out.
I’m afraid so.
The number is strange. Unless you are from a major city, how do you even get to 60k? she said that she's from a country side. A village is usually a few hundred to a thousand people. That's on average of 4-6 times of pregnancy for every men, women, and children (including the surrounding villages).
@@hanwenhengliu3776 In countries like the US and the EU, birth rates are way down. People have way more choices and many people are not having nearly as many kids as families used to have willingly, without government controlled birth rates.
We have the technology and knowledge to change our food resources to more sustainable means as well as our energy sector.
Also, by you saying you want to force people to have less children because you are worried that there could be some kind of famine or over population is more for your own self preservation than what I am saying.
Also, China now realized they made a mistake by doing what they did and have a crisis looming. They don't have enough young people to take care of the elderly and replace the workforce.
It’s a mentality in some country that a daughter would not be able to take care of her family after marriage and will have to provide for her husband’s family only leaving her parents helpless which is why people also wanted to have a son so that he would be able to provide for the family
However this has changed since in today’s time female can provide for the family as well but it is still very hard to change a persons mentality which they have since they were born
As a adopted chinese girl I wonder how my life would have been if this law had never existed
A really beautiful video
Kangae Gushien i’m an adopted chinese girl too😊 adopted squad where u at?
Probably grow up in a rural area and sacrifice some of your happiness for your brother. Just a guess based on my experiences in China.
V J I was thinking of that too
I was born in china. There were some twins in my preschool class, one boy and one girl. They were lucky that the girh didn't got killed... i don't know how they are now, but i hope they're doing well :)
probably sewing some Air Jordans or assemble iphone
I was born in the one child policy, in the year 2003. I was abandoned at 3 days old in front of a hotel. Was brought into an orphanage and adopted 1 year later. So happy to be alive although I don’t say it enough!!
You should write a book about that
This speech should have been longer. She is right propaganda change the way we see people different from us without giving ourselves a chance to judge by our own experiences.
Earlier gov pushed one child policy, now parents choose it due to economic reason
My mother said she was so upset that I was a girl she didnt even look at me when I was born ..but later after when I was brought back from the nursery apparently I was looking at her and her heart melted the moment our eyes met.
What a bad and misogynist mother
Now you can have as many babies as you wish in china, the country now needs more labor force. But few people would like to have more than one baby due to economic concerns.
Victor Jin No one needs more humans on this planet
No, there is a two child policy now.
Victoria Powers you sound a bit like Thenos. All of the people who talk about “population control” do.
@@victoriapowers576 If we treated our planet right, we wouldn't have to worry over how many children are born...
@@gratitudeandlovee Yes we still would. There is over 7 billion of us. With the rate the population is growing there might be around 10 billions of us by the year 2050. That's simply not sustainable.
I watched her documentary last night, and, honestly, it is something that I will never forget.
Being a Chinese adoptee myself-having been born and adopted when the policy was still in place-the documentary held a lot of meaning for me and gave me a view into the struggles of those living under the one-child policy.
If parents were to violate the policy, officials would be after them, eventually finding their homes and raiding them. There were forced abortions, most of the abortions being done to women who were already 8-9 months pregnant. Horrific time, it was.
I will never know what my biological parents, specifically, went through during that time and I will never know if they wanted me or not. Just recently, I took a DNA test and found out that I have a sibling about 3 ½ years older than me who was also born and adopted during the time of the one-child policy. We are to meet in person in a month. For all I know, I could have another sibling out there.
I don’t feel any bitterness nor resentment towards my biological parents and their choice to give me up. If anything, I’m thankful for their choice, for I never would have been so lucky to have the family that I have now.
But I know that not every adoptee may feel the same way and it makes me sad.
I believe that it is important for anyone who is connected to China in some way to watch the documentary as well as read into the era of the one-child policy and understand the hardships that these people had to suffer.
Jaida Mei where did you find the documentary?
Jaida Mei How was meeting with your possible sibling? A family member of mine is a similar situation .
I feel like i would've rather be aborted than to live unloved... But no, you're strong and i wish you well as year pass by
Please tell us where to find the documentary
@@zatzu She was adopted and loved.
This definitely reminds me of a quote by Rousseau
_Man is born free, but everywhere else he is in chains_
I was directly affected by the one-child policy, sent to an orphanage at 3 days old and adopted to an American family at nine months old.
You were lucky that you survived, but it's sad you never get to see your biological parents
Mmm I think a big problem is the preference for boys... not even the one child policy.
coming from a chinese family, it's patriarchy and the perception that boys are physically stronger, and are more abled to protect their family, do their family proud. sadly, it still exists in modern society, in chinese families outside of mainland china, descendants of chinese who left their homeland for a better life. i am a 4th generation chinese in southeast asia and luckily, in my family, this has become less focused on.
cheryl neo thank goodness because male or female it just doesn’t matter. Either is capable of great things.
@Turbo_Turlet And yet there are many who have done great things despite those discriminating laws. Greatness is not inherited.
cheryl neo mainly because boys are expected to take care of them when they get older
cheryl neo I can attest to this as a Chinese immigrant. My mom has always told me she wishes I was born a boy because I’d be more capable of taking care of myself and cause my family less worry.
The way one child policy was carried out sounds really brutal and inhuman. But being from India and feeling the effects of population explosion first hand, i do understand the need for a limit on number of children a person can have.
It can be implemented without threats and in a more humane way. Scared people by this inhumane behaviour will not make our world a happy place will it
The one child policy happens naturally
@@yuvrajsharma8425 any policy carried out in a country as big as China needed and will always need violence and authority to carry out. If people kept having babies as they wish, pretty soon they would run out of food/resources to keep the family going. Young girls were usually the one that got sacrificed, even till this day in some rural areas lol.
@@tinayang5342 true but such social ostracizing ..... should not be a necessity? Like spread awareness among people about both the population problem and girls being capable. The law should be strict but the but people need not be cruel to each other.
@@yuvrajsharma8425 A softer approach is likely adopted if China 40 years ago had the same economic power and literacy rate as the country today. People in the rural area... they would not listen, and it would take decades with lesser effectiveness. Many people in the countryside were illiterate, population problem and gender equality were the least of their concern compared to making sure that they have enough to eat for tonight dinner. They had no sense of laws and regulation too (the same thing nowadays but much better).
It was a sad and horrible time due to a series of unfortunate events prior. I feel deeply sympathetic but cannot think of a better way to address the problem as efficiently as the one-child policy. The country would collapse if every family has 8 children but no money... Well now, the Chinese government is spreading awareness to encourage young people to have 2 children/ get married, instead of forcing them haha.
I feel much better now after I've heard this lady said in the end of video : There is no country on earth where propaganda isn't present. And in societies that are supposed to be more open and free than China, it can be even harder to recognize what propaganda looks like.
Yep cried a little during the midwife story, treating people like property.....
Even if those babies weren't aborted by the midwife, they would still live like property. Parents who want more than one child want boys. You expect those parents know how to be parents?
I was born when the one child policy was still a law, I never really understood the policy and I was bitter that I had been abandoned. But after watching this, I'm so grateful to be alive and breathing because I could have easily been the ones who didn't survive. I know I should've been great full anyways but you couldn't blame me when you look in the mirror and barely know anything about your own history or don't look like your parents. It hurts sometimes. But to sum it all up, I'm so lucky and great full that I'm alive and was allowed a chance to live.
me_myself_ and_ I so did you grow up alone?😱omg
you are absolutely within your own rights to feel bitter. But, it is beautiful that you are choosing to look at the gifts you have been given.
One minor question, 60,000 abortions. Assume 30 years of practice, that is 2,000 a year. Assume 300 workdays a year, that is almost 7 a day. This midwife was way too efficient.
That is sad. That's alot of fetus aborted
Springflower 133 yeah, I can’t imagine what till it had on her mental health
60,000 is a lot of abortions, but there are probably several US abortion doctors who hit that number. In an efficiently set up urban facility a doctor can do up to a dozen first trimester abortions an hour. Even if they do just four hours three days a week, that's 144 a week. Assume two weeks of vacation and that 7,200 a year. So just doing abortions part time you could end up doing 60,000 in under 9 years. Dr. Thomas Tucker reported having done over 60,000 in an interview before his death. The Kermit Gosnell jury gasped when Dr. Charles David Benjamin, an expert witness describing how later abortions would be properly done, said that he'd preformed 40,000 -- and he does later abortions, which are more time-consuming because each patient needs preparation in visits over several days.
How could they do that many an hour? Turning the rooms quickly. Get Patient 1 ready in Procedure Room A. While the doctor takes his five minutes to do the abortion you set up Patient 2 in Procedure Room B. He finishes with Patient 1, and while he's across the hall doing Patient 2 you hasten Patient 1 off to recovery, do a quick superficial clean-up, and bring in Patient 3. The assembly-line process was developed by Dr. Edward "Fast Eddie" Allred, the entrepreneur who built the largest for-profit chain of abortion clinics in the world, Family Planning Associates Medical Group. Of course that kind of haste can come at a cost -- I know of over a dozen dead FPA abortion patients -- but if you have good lawyers that's only a problem for the women and their families.
@@ubermom I know what you are talking about, in fact you can even be more efficient than that . Listen to this speaker, the set up of her story was rural China, early to late 80s, small village,say 1000 people, then the question is "Does that number still sound reasonable to you?"
Is she fear-mongering instead of telling the truth? Is this a true story or one of those random anecdotes? Then questioning the credibility of this speech is unavoidable.
That number was probably exaggerated, she is an old lady after all...
This is amazing! I never myself thought about ALL the victims, it makes me completely know what kind if lawyer I want to become, to help even the past. You're amazing Nanfu!!!
Good job Man Pillar! Thank you for your courage and love!💖😎
Oh god. I’m adopted from China, and I..... I could’ve been killed by a mid wife??? I thought it was lucky that I wasn’t left in a rice field, but I’m
Also lucky to not have been forced aborted. My heart really hurts now
You have a purpose and a reason you are alive
This why I am pro life because everyone has so much potential in life! You can achieve whatever you want and I’m glad you have a loving family
My heart hurts. I was born in 2004 under the one child policy and I realize now that I was not even supposed to be born. I was given up and put in an orphanage. I staying their until I was one, then my mother adopted me. I’m grateful to her but it also hurts to understand now that I missed out on a life in China because my birth mother and father chose my biological brother over me.
This is so heartbreaking. May all those murdered innocent babies rest with God👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼👼🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
I'm crying when she says she felt embarrassed for having a younger brother. I can't imagine having that kind of thought towards my younger brother 😭😭
Rayna Tan Most Chinese people didn’t. I honestly don’t know why she said that. Having siblings was considered as a good thing.
Nanfu Wang you are amazing!! Thank you!!
I’m 13 and from the United States I cant imagine what everyone has gone through I feel for them from the bottom in my heart I don’t know what they’ve been through but I hope all who have been through it understand we’re all here for you
I was born under one child policy however many families from rural areas were allowed to have the second if the first one is girl. On the contrary, it’s prohibited to do so in urban.
Same here, and my younger brother was born just 3 years after me although my parents did have to pay a hefty fee. It's not that uncommon to see families with more than one kid, but sometimes people were shocked to hear I had a brother
@@roseli222 Same my mom has a sister too and they're both born under the one child policy
Now it’s two Child policy in China. And to correct you with some fact. During her generation, in the city you’re only allow to have one child, but in the countryside you can up to two.
Really? I thought you can only have one child anywehre in the whole country
Imagine if the second child of her parents was a girl as well
Ikr! 😐
There is a big chance she would've been thrown away
Ikr
Her parents might abort the child secretly... Again and again until they get a boy...
Spoken like a true Indian. Chinese preference for boy isn't as bad as ours, India has the world's highest rate of female infanticide.
I was also born under the one child policy in China when it was in effect. I was abandoned and left in an orphanage a few days afterwards. Luckily I was adopted when I was 4 1/2 years. It can sad not knowing my birth parents sometimes, but I’m glad the life I have now. I’m grateful for my life now and to be alive.
The problem is not only about the one child policy, it also lies within the fact that many families want a son rather than a daughter to pass on the family name.
That's not an issue. It makes sense. Boys are also less expensive, biologically have more upper body strength, stronger bones, ect. To help out with. If there was no one child policy, they wouldn't care because they could have as many as they want
@@kristall5928 Women are people too.
@@stevemathew1340 when did I say they weren't? I'm a woman. Of course I know I'm a person. And no. Gender preferences aren't sexist. Biological facts don't care about you feelings and ask all parents. Most will tell you boys are easier, less expensive, and less complicated. Average man has more strength then the average woman. These are just facts.
@@kristall5928 u sexist much
@@kristall5928 "That's not an issue" ? K. Tell that to the current over population of males who can't get a date in China bc most of the females their age were all aborted! (Or better yet, tell it to the souls of those females who were aborted!!) Not an issue?! Wtf.
(Please do read till the end)
There are reasons why laws in rural Chinese area have to be pushed with harder force of execution: in rural areas, which are mostly considered economically underdeveloped, laws are often ignored because of lack of executive force, a result of being too far (both geographically and administratively) from the centralized government. Despite that rural people are usually praised for their honesty and hardworking virtues, countryside in China doesn't get a good rap when it comes to its corrupt, outdated customs, which contributes to the fact that they won't obey laws.
For instance, in the context of one child policy, folks in rural areas have a very strong sexist sense: they prefer boys to girls. The morality behind it is that, rural families are mostly farmers, and unlike highly industrialized farming in US, Chinese agricultural industry has been dominated by small-scale farmer economy for a long time, and the unit of it is, of course, family. Thus, the more male members in the family, the better productivity this small team has. It has been true for hundreds of years and only got little better in modern China.
Despite the fact that more and more rural families choose to send their children into urban area for college to actually improve their lives, rural parents often force their children to drop out of school (the government would literally fund the kids for school, even till today going to college is soooo cheap comparing to US, despite that lowers the average general quality of higher education, another story) to help farming, "helping improving the family" in the most short-visioned way possible. And thus the mentality continues, the more boys the better. It would become such a craze that rural parents insist on having a boy, no matter how much it costs, and girls are all burdens (because they will eventually marry others and become other families' memeber, no point of "wasting time n money"). So they would give birth to child on and on until they finally got a boy.
This kind of child-bearing race can only bring the family into even deeper poverty and will eventually become a burden for the government to deal with. Hence goes the saying 越穷越生，越生越穷 (bear more children to deal with poverty, and then, in return, getting poorer). And it leads to so many other social issues in China such as human trafficking, child abandoning, which are much worse than just "not having a sibling" or "being stared at", and tbh, when I was a kid, we only envy them that they can have bro/sis, no one would "discriminate" them. people can always become 超生户 (over-bearing household, literal translation) if they want to, and during that small amount of time period when the policy became mature, it turned into a symbol of wealth if you can bear more than one child, pay the fine, afford the extra living expense and still be able to maintain certain level of life standard.
To me, as a Chinese under one-child policy, I'm grateful (in the least shoe-licking way possible) for it, cuz otherwise, my parents won't be able to fully support me to receive education in the States. In my opinion, Nanfu's parents are supposed to luv their child no matter what gender it has, rather than giving birth to another child. Not saying Nanfu is targeting the wrong one, but at least their parents are ones to blame too. (Edit: OR, the possible reality is, Nanfu’s family is wealthy enough to give birth to another child, unlike other millions of farmer family, they are the direct benefitees of disobeying the law)
This is something stories of millions of other Nanfu won't speak about in the West, because it doesn't align with the "propaganda" here. actually, I prefer to call it "agenda", because this way it neutralizes the moral judgement in "propaganda", and I do think agendas should be all justified without doubt under its own national context, no matter US's military action in middle East, or China's one-child policy. Agenda, or "propaganda", merely indicates the most significant task that a nation needs to solve at its contemporary time, no matter what it brings or means to other people in the world, it must be a collateral optimized solution for the nation.
But, there is a flaw: if your agenda tells you, "go judge a foreign agenda as bad", it is ok, until it means nothing and even wrong if you wanna actually judge them in their own agenda/context, because you are applying your reasoning cultivated under a completely different social/economical context, which in turn is cultivated under a different culture, which further in turn is cultivated under a different geopolitical environment. It’s often times logically wrong. (Edit: In this case, China has this long-going population game between its people and the government, unlike States even the whole western world that faces completely different social structural challenges)
Thus, isn't anti-propaganda also propaganda?
David Y 写得真好！谢谢
Aisha Abdikarim I don’t think abortion equals to killing babies; and abortion is morally debatable, cuz there are many sets moral values in the world, not just yours; I’m merely stating a fact I didn’t make any moral judgement, and at the end I only emphasize the importance of relativism; Even if I do need to make a moral judgement, I don’t think you are entitled to speak for my own moral judgement. You didn’t get my point.
I do appreciate your efforts trying to persuade me, but plz provide a full logic chain.
Aisha Abdi I think abortion is same as killing an insect if we look at it when we kill bugs we are killing a living organism. That too for no reason but killing a child is not equal to killing a baby however I do not support 1 child policy nor am I against it
if you want serious non-biased anwers, you're talking to the wrong crowd.
@@aaravgupta7686 The midwife had killed actual newborn babies right after they were born. (In cases where they had tried to abort them unsuccessfully) And that part what something she can't justify to herself because there us no justification. That what he was referring to by her killing babies and everyone knowing initially that it's wrong.
Furthermore, I'm pro-choice and fully agree that abortion is complex thing. But that's very different than performing several forces abortions or performing abortions that that person says they want under such duress and propaganda. Someone had calculated that she approximately performed those abortions 7 times a day. That's a lot even if you would be a pro-choice and you would know that the person made the decision to have an abortion freely.
It's absolutely cruel to force people to have children they can't afford like some states are doing now. But that doesn't make forcing abortion any more rightful.
Smh. Of course it's the women's job to go through sterilization 😑
I think this is more from a practical view than a sexist view. Let's say you did sterilise the man in stead of the woman. If a woman really needed the child why not get another man who is not sterilised yet because it didn't have his child yet to impregnate you? Especially in the time where DNA research was not as developed yet. And what if the man left his wife? Or is just not pressent at delivery? On the other hand if you sterilise the woman this would be a lot harder. Even if a man could make another woman carry his child she would then be sterilised and not be able to have a child from her man. She also always has to be pressent at delivery.
Which is stupid considering a man can impregnate 100s of women in 9 months while a woman can only give birth once in the same time. SMH
laartje24 it’s a way more danger process for woman than for man tho 🤨
@@laartje24 in a practical view where they want to control/reduce the population. I think sterilising a man seems more practical since he can impregnate a 100 in a short amount of time while a woman takes 9 months.
Again, no sexism. Just a practical perspective
@@paidamichelle754 how is he gonna impregnate if they are sterilized? Trust me, women can find a way to have another kid. Since she's the one pushing them out, she's the one sterilized. Not everything is sexist so stfu
the shame came from expectations of people arownd you
@杜如一 realy?
heatred from other people for havig to escape the law or survivors guilt?
@@mihabrilj152 I agree with 杜. I'm Chinese, and I have a sister. Everyone express admiration to me since I have a sister. All of my family never feel shame. On the other hand, one child policy is necessary, because the generation of my parents have more than 5 brothers/sisters. Even though we have one child policy, each class from primary school to high school, have more than 70 persons in a class. You can not image 1.4 billion people means.
jay part of them do, but most of people treat dogs as angels
@@qinghaohu6819 i live in a contry of 2 milion people and i understand pasialy way les peope is beter in these centuary
jay and you eat cows. All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.
Great video and good message especially at the end. Thanks!
This woman is talking about one-child policy from a personal perspective, giving the impression that the government is cruel. She did not explain the reasons behind it. The Chinese could not afford the good education of many children in that poor time. Uncontrolled birth brings a bunch of illiterates. When she is fluent in English on the TED platform, she should not only be grateful to her parents, but she should also be grateful to the government's one-child policy. If there is no this policy, she may now have Eighth baby for his husband in a poor village.
Thx for ur comment. The government is cruel in my opinion. It’s pretty simple. The point I was referring to was the message at the end and that all governments and political parties of governments use propaganda. We all need to be aware and more vigilant in our understanding of that because it can be subtle.
@@rickharold7884 In fact, the government is more cruel to itself. In order to promote the implementation of this policy, public officials are required to be stricter, and even if they pay a fine, they will be expelled from work. Ordinary people who give birth to more children only need to pay an education fee as a fine.
@John Smith ha
@@jasonkiu3029 what a truly story...😂V
We have a beautiful adopted Chinese daughter. She's now 18. There is not a day goes by when I don't say a silent thankyou to her mum for not aborting her. God bless you who ever you are. Your a wonderful woman for allowing us this gift in our lives.
So powerful. Thank you for sharing with us, Nanfu!
Next we want a “how it’s like growing up Uyghur under China’s communist regime.”
Mulhemimm I know I do!
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My cousin was born in 2014, a year before the policy ended. Unfortunately, her parents had to pay fines just for having a second member of the family. I am the only child in my family. My grandmother really wanted a son, and when I turned out to be otherwise, she wanted my parents to have another child, ye they did not want to pay the fines. Any second child is lucky to be born after 2015
It's crazy what we humans will do to one another. My heart goes out to those effected by these type of manipulations in any society. Forced sterilization was a thing in America while back. It's sad to me that some have forgotten that.
Your voice is so important. Thank you so much for speaking up. 🙏🏻❤️
Thanks Nanfu for the sincere and deep sharing.
I remember when I was at a summer camp when I was 12 and this one girl told me how her family had to leave China because her mom found out she was going to have a second child and they wanted to keep her
I bet One Child Nation will be a global thing in some years.
yes probably, at least in some countries with high fertility rate.
Saw some statistics on reddit showing population per continent in the last 100 years or so. Europe has had roughly the same population for a very long time so i doubt it will happen any time soon in Europe.
EDIT: Here is the source
www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/co2003/global_population_by_birth_year_oc/
@@stinkymccheese8010 climate change is a fake, just like those about ozon and a-bombs.
paisleyyama why?
paisleyyama Not really, because there is where is needed it
I mean I am the only child in my family and I grew up honestly fine, siblings are not that important
So sad. Thank you for being brave enough to speak out about it.
i love my siblings, can't imagine my life without them
Thank you for your strength in the telling of this.
i’m now wondering how my parents have siblings and grew up there
DragonLady XD well they didn’t give birth at 3
We are always influenced by propaganda. Can you identify where it is in your life?
Skweepa As soon as she mentioned “propaganda” I thought of the mandatory vaccine movement. Californians just lost their right to say no just this past week. Very controversial to say “no” to forced medical procedures without being labeled with a variety of negative slurs, thanks to propaganda perpetuated by the media and government and Big Medicine, all of which are supported by the pharmaceutical industry. But anyway, great question and great talk.
MamitaGomez So true! I’ve never been vaccinated, and I’m perfectly fine. I have a really strong immune system actually. I haven’t decided if I want to vaccinate my kids or not, but I couldn’t imagine NOT having that choice. Having my body violated like that. But yet when I mention I haven’t been vaccinated, people attack me verbally, gasp, and scoot away from me like I’m some disease... even though I barely get sick. I honestly don’t understand why people act so strongly to that even though most of them don’t even understand WHY they get vaccinated or what vaccinations do.
œ æ But since you’re “vaccinated” you’re supposedly supposed to be immune to a disease or have a very low likelihood of getting it. If this wasn’t true, why are they vaccinated? What are vaccinations doing then if they aren’t affective? Makes you think
Thank you so very much for a brilliant speech.
This is just one reason I never say I don't hate my brother. Yes he is very annoying sometimes but I love him so so much and I don't know what I'd do without him.
Short,potent, powerful story♥️💜💙💚💛🧡
I cant imagine my life without my younger brothers.
i wish the two-child policy existed earlier, as an only child, it is so lonely and burdensome.
rae 😢
May I ask why is it a burden to be an only child? I have one child and my husband wants another but I don’t. Neither of us is an only child which is why im asking you, a total stranger for your honest opinion.
@@lupea4439 because in my upbringing, my family are all very respective of our elders, and naturally because they brought my parents, uncles, and aunts up well. so in return, we also treat our grandparents and parents well. in order to do that, there are a certain degree of importance on getting a high paying job, in order to support your family when they are retired. So as an only child, i feel the burden to get good education, find a good job, earn money, and to be able to return the amount of time, effort, and money spent on raising me. Not only in terms of $$$ but also in terms of love and care for my parents and grandparents, as an only child, its difficult to take care of others and at the same time yourself, so i think for me, it would be nice if i had siblings to help out you know? Also, parents' expectations are focused on me, the only child. Having more siblings would also spread their attention. Here is my honest opinion, id be glad to explain more if you need.
Thank you for taking time to reply. I appreciate it and now you’ve given me things to think about. Thank you kind stranger
@@lupea4439 you are welcome!! i hope which ever decision you make brings you and your family happiness~
This Ted Talk on China's one-child policy offers a compelling perspective on the socio-economic impact and challenges faced by individuals and families. The speaker's insights shed light on the complexities of such a policy and its broader implications for society. It's a thought-provoking exploration of a significant chapter in China's history.
I have a friend that was born in China and was the second kid her parents was forced to give her up, but she still has loving parents.
So much wisdom in the last statement @5:40 Reminds me of the dystopia we are living in the USA right now.
😢thank you for sharing this video.
Some shocking stuff, thanks for sharing.
I know it's entirely irrelevant to the talk, but I cannot get over how absolutely gorgeous (and intelligent) this woman is
I know this isn’t the point of her speech, but we should all appreciate how incredibly hard she worked to learn a language so incredibly unlike her native tongue, so much so that she not only mastered it, but delivered a better speech in it than I ever gave in my college years. Congratulations to a truly accomplished lady.
Strong, strong message!
I cant imagine my life without one of my kids 😭💔.
Now I have mixed feelings of my home - Hong Kong
*This rule is only for those who have a Mainland Chinese passport and a city ID
Pros:
1. We (parents) get to have as many children as we like
Cons:
1. You'd get beaten if you sang the national song or spoke Chinese (mandarin/putonghua)
you get beaten if you speak a language? that's crazy
I did not expect to shed tears over a 6 min video.
😊 Eloquently and respectfully explained, well done.
I've heard that boys were favored under this policy. If that's true, are there a shortage of women for young Chinese men to date/marry? Do the Chinese men generally have to leave the country to find wives?
lfutrell82 idk if it’s totally true but I’ve heard stories of some single Chinese men going out of country to seek out wives. China is going through some issues as a result of the imbalance between genders. Supposedly there’s been a rise of human trafficking in the country as a result, which really is a shame.
As far as I’m concerned, there hasn’t been much issues. The security in China is super tight, so we’re usually safe.
Yes. There is a serious imbalance of men to women, such that "successful" adult men in China have a very difficult time finding a wife and either stay single or look at neighboring countries for one.
@@ShootingMapleStarz A shame, indeed. The way women are treated.
People complain if you do something, and they complain if you don't.... what do you think China should have done?
Exactly what they did. I'm a single child resulting from the policy. Does it suck to not have a sibling, sometimes ya. I still think they did what they should. Most commenting on here says "yes china has over population but they shoulda done (name idealism solution they only need to typing a few words on youtube comment for). Growing up in the states I can see how hard to govt managing 300 million is here, imagine trying to manage 5x that. Hard ground rules need to be set. Every action has some draw backs, taking the worst of the draw backs and making it sound common like this video is doing is pathetic.
@@arimpact better visit shrink to get some meds, and USA to liberate yourself.
@@---_UwU_--- Typical comment from a sad troll with nothing better to do.
@@AA123TD But the problem is already with 1 billion population and much less developed economy in 1970s-1980s, how long would it take for Chinese to reach the point that 'people decide to have less children', or would we ever reach that point?There was no previous example for China to follow
@Aisha Abdi but people don't naturally take the decision to reduce their number of children. And this leads to overpopulation and deadly battle for jobs, food, house space, education etc. Story of India! They can't control population, so nature will, at some point. Unfortunately history has shown us that course is always more brutal than we can take.
Although I don't like her opinion that one-child policy is wrong in the cities
(because China doesn't have enough resources to support hundreds of millions more people, children and their families would live in poor conditions with no good educations, children should not been born if they couldn't be treated well),
she did point out a very good point: propaganda is everywhere, like her speech is a deliberately chosen one by TED.
well imagine you got pregnant with a second child HOW would YOU feel about it if the wanted you to abort it you do know that abortion is a very cruel thing plus you want to know what happens during abortion the babys limbs and body parts are plucked and removed for the private area would you want that to happen to your baby!??!! no you wouldnt i think that people should have their own freedom
That was 35 years ago, caused by some guy trying to make China great, screwed up and caused famines. Even if there wasn't, back then, they can't keep up with population growth anyways. They should've stopped much earlier or reviewed the policy more thoroughly. China also has a massive gender imbalance, having 30mill more guys due to their culture and how Chinese prefer sons. This lead to human trafficking
Thank you for sharing!
so i grew up under the policy, this is my story:
my parents never wanted a second child, they simply didn't have the money to support a second child. among my dad's 6 siblings, one has 2 children, got fined; one has 3 children, but because she was married to a man of a minority ethinic group, second child was permitted, but got fined for the third. the fine was about a factory worker's entire year salary. it's hefty but not unmanagable. the parents also get a pay decrease for a period of time as punishment. among my dad's six siblings, 3 of them have a girl, my parents has a boy, the other 2 tried until they have a boy. growing up under the policy, the idea of gender equality was enfored, part of the "propaganda" was about having a girl is just as good as having a boy, it changed the entire country's old misoginistic idea about having children. now comparing to eastern asia countries, Chinese women have the most freedom and equality in terms of their role in marriage or in work place.
in 1985 China's GDP per capita (1600$) is about 1/12 of the U.S. people lived in actual poverty. The base number of Chinese population is large, current Chinese population is about 1.4 billion, if the policy did't took place, the number is estimated to be 1.8 billion. in 2019 Chinese GDP per capita supassed 10000$ (6 times of year 1985), while U.S. is about 65000$ (3 times of year 1985). without the policy the GDP would go down by like 30%. My parents could afford to send me to U.S. for college. i don't believe i could do so if they are 30% less finacially secured. I don't have sisters or brothers, i have a bunch of cousins. we call text and face time each other all the time. we grew up together because we lived really close by.
there were 3 years that mandatory sterilization took place in 2 provinces according to my research, not anywhere else. it was taken off because even the government didn't believe it was right. the really “old fashioned" thinking people birthed girls and abandoned them. the absolute majority didn't do that. even during the policy, killing infent because they were girls were simply just murder. it's not a practice that were recognized or legalized, those people commited crimes punishable by death in China. deperate bigoted people who believed girls worth nothing doesn't worth your sympathy. if there was no fine, they would still give the girls away, abandom them, or treat them like they were less (won't let them go to school, marry them off for money or some traiditional bs that was practiced in old China).
for some people with stories of "my family wanted a second child so we imigrated to the U.S." really???? Do you realize how hard it is for a family in communist China to imigrate to U.S.? it is nearly impossible. If they had the money and the connections to imigrate to the U.S. they had the money for the fine, period. we talk about the 1% in the U.S., about how rich they are. in the 80s China, you have to be like the 0.0001% to be able to immigrate to U.S. just think about the GDP numbers i mentioned. or did you trade national secrets for citizenship?
i didn't want to write too much about my opinions, i believe 90% of what i wrote are facts, or some troll is gonna come for me calling me brain washed. you can't be brainwashed if you didn't put opinions in it. i don't want to take away Nanfu's story. it happened somewhere. but it wasn't a norm. to me, i can't definitively say if the policy was good or bad, all i can say is, i understand her story, deeply, but also the policy was implimented under survival mode, and i can see the possive changes it brought to the country, which was never discussed, anywhere, ever. when it comes to China, the opinions are almost always one sided and self-rightous. Maybe we need to check out the other side of the coin.
Does someone know where is Monday ?
Her dress is beautiful
I agree with her in general, and especially how propaganda works. But what would China become if they didn't do that one-child policy? I think it was necessary in their situation, even if it's cruel.
people think one of the worst things is to be without the ability to make a child in the womb. there are so many children looking for families in the foster care system. the whole point of having a child is to have a small person to raise with love into adulthood hoping they are a good person and make good choices along the way. sharing in their success and failures. you dont have to make a child in your own womb for that. you dont have to bring a child into the world, you can still bring a child into the family
Such an impressive talk.
Thank you.
That sounds like my dear old Germany...
That those gruesome mindsets still have a place in our world...
That whole societies can be blinded so easily and
That WE can lie to ourselves so perfectly that we can't even understand how wrong it is what we are doing...
Or not doing in some cases...
omg girlfriend I am so sorry and sad to hear this I am crying omg
Can we talk about her accent is AMAZING? She has such a good American English accent for a non-native speaker! Love to all the language learners out there ❤️
We need this law in South Africa. Poor people here are having more children than people who can actually afford to have children
I'm absolutely very impressed to see the fact this native Chinese woman learned how to speak English. Great!! 👍🏼😃
Excellent talk! Thank you so much for sharing this.
Chinese people are some of the bravest most strongest people on. earth
Didn’t she create a documentary about this?
It’s mentioned in the description “One Child Nation” it’s available on amazon prime video
I have a friend that was born in China and adopted because of this
I love this TED Talk...Please let her talk more
amazing story. Let's hear it for TED (and Nanfu Wang)