Nanfu Wang: What it was like to grow up under China's one-child policy

The transcript discusses the impact of China's one child policy on a family, focusing on the narrator's personal experiences and the broader societal implications. It highlights the emotional and moral complexities faced by individuals like a midwife who enforced the policy. The narrative explores the pervasive influence of propaganda and its ability to shape beliefs and actions, not only in China but globally. The narrator's journey to create a documentary reveals the nuanced roles of perpetrators and victims, emphasizing the universal vulnerability to propaganda.

How did the narrator's perspective on childhood change after becoming a mother?

What did the midwife do to counteract her past actions related to the one child policy?

In what ways does the narrator suggest that propaganda can influence society?