The filmmaker Nanfu Wang tells the dramatic story of her own family’s one-child ordeal. This interview was first aired in August of last year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FP's First Person

The Dark Legacy of China’s One-Child Policy

Each week here at Foreign Policy, we interview one person for an intimate, narrative-driven conversation about something timely and important in the world. Our guests are people who have participated directly in events, either as protagonists or eyewitnesses. We get them to tell a story about their experience, not just offer their analysis. That approach is driven by the feeling here at Foreign Policy that to understand our world—to grasp the complexities and nuances of our time—we need to get as close to the source as possible. Hence the name First Person.

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