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Eight-year-old children compete for the position of class monitor in the first school election of its kind held in China. Aided and abetted by parents and teachers, the young candidates reveal the nature of democracy in a rapidly changing country. MORE »
Will democracy take
hold in China?
Yes, in the next ten years
Yes, but it will take decades
No, Never

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China implemented its one-child policy in 1979. What are its implications decades later?
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