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For almost 50 years, the world's population has grown at an alarming rate, raising fears about strains on the Earth's re | dG1feXZRZWFlTU9CNUk
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00:00Since 1960, a staggering 4 billion people have been added to the world population.
00:13When it comes to global population, where are we going?
00:18Uh, 500 billion.
00:20Somewhere in the trillions.
00:21Oh, it's going to get much worse.
00:23Don't panic now. Don't panic, you know. I'll help you through this.
00:29We do meet people who are scared about population growth, but they haven't understood.
00:34You don't need to control population numbers. This is a myth.
00:39Many women don't have the power where family planning is concerned.
00:47My name is Gladys. I'll be working on a story about lost and abandoned children.
00:53The mothers are stuck. These children, they keep on coming.
00:56So why don't I use the talent God gave me? Something must be done.
01:00In Africa, they have a higher fertility rate, but I think God never gives us more than we can handle.
01:07We have to be in there informing these nations and these delegates and ambassadors.
01:13It's a spiritual battle. It's good against evil.
01:16Are you from Vietnam?
01:17From China.
01:18Oh, from China.
01:19Rather than give women control, the Chinese government claims that the one-child policy has prevented over 400 million births.
01:26But in a land where sons are prized, it's caused a deficit of 30 million women, which can make it hard to find a wife.
01:34It's all around the topic of marriage.
01:36They say, wherever you are, they lock your house.
01:39Right.
01:40It's been a few years.
01:41It's been a few years.
01:42It's been a few years.
01:43It's been a few years.
01:45It's not a normal phenomenon.
01:47There are a lot of boys in China now, and I'm one of them.
01:52We're living in a new world, and we are interconnected in a way we've never been before.
01:59Politicians need to come down to the ground, see the people themselves.
02:15Everyone would like to have the same family life as you have.
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