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"One Child Nation" ... China bloody between state propaganda and individual experience

Paul Gauguin began his discussions by asking the great anonymous art critic، Charles Baudelaire، "Tell me what you saw?". This is how Baudelaire defined the task of the critic.

In the movie "One Child Nation" 2019 (directed by Nanfu Wang and Jialin Zhang on the Amazon video platform) I saw dozens of graphic and written propaganda documents produced by the Chinese Communist Party to convince the people of one child، one thought، one leader. a man and a woman، and between them there is a child، a child Waheed Saeed. this is repeated in systematic، long-winded propaganda on newspapers، murals، television and in schools.

As a result، the one-child policy created the nation’s strength and reduced the state’s burden. Because it is a policy that prevented the birth of 338 million children. To celebrate the achievement of the goal، an elderly choir appeared chanting the party's praises and a children's choir chanted in the school "Our life is so wonderful in light of this national policy".

All of these images shown are real، official، and public. They were produced by the state and the director incorporated them into her film، and then presented testimonies from her family and village. Testimonies for those who lived the experience for a long time.

The government narrative director clashed with the popular narrative to sabotage the first. It appears that childbearing is an ordeal in China، and that it is shameful for a Chinese to have a brother.

By interrogating the witnesses after what they lived، the director obtained retrieval testimonies of people terrified of being punished by the party. Testimonies that refute official propaganda، testimonies that would have been kept secret in most cases. Because the police state will not allow her to be photographed.

In Chinese rural areas، two children are allowed، provided that they are separated by five years، and in the event of a violation، the family's home is demolished، their property confiscated، women are kidnapped and tied، mothers have coerced abortions even in the eighth month of pregnancy and they are forcibly sterilized. In the event of childbirth، the child is confiscated and the party disposes of it. . a midwife attests to having completed 60، 000 abortions and sterilization. She tells of how a naked pregnant woman escaped from her while she was delirious to escape the abortion and sterilization. The midwife tells، laughs and cries، and measures the amount of blood that spilled onto her hands.

This happened in the eighties of the last century and beyond، it took place in silence in China while the world was preoccupied with the cold war، the Iraq-Iran war. then globalization، the clash of civilizations and Osama bin Laden.

Meanwhile، the comrades' party was plotting in the wombs of women with the same planning logic to build factories، roads، and ports. And the graphic propaganda beautifies this.

Propaganda aimed at changing people's thoughts and emphasizing that the party is a criminal and not infallible. Propaganda backed by a carrot and a stick، on the walls are ads that say، "Report a family with more than one child، get $ 120، " and another says، "Everyone who violates the one-child policy will confiscate their property".


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