Revisited: The chilling policy to cut Greenland’s high birth rate

重温:降低格陵兰岛高出生率的令人心寒的政策

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2024-12-05

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In the 1960s the birthrate in Greenland was one of the highest in the world. Then it plunged. Decades later, women have finally begun speaking out about what happened Because of industrial action taking place by members of the National Union of Journalists at the Guardian and Observer this week, we are re-running an episode from earlier in the year.. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • This is the Guardian.

  • Because of industrial action taking place by members of the National Union of Journalists at the Guardian and Observer this week we are rerunning an episode from earlier in the year.

  • For more information, Please head to theguardian.com we'll be back with new episodes soon.

  • Today, population control by stealth.

  • The secret plan to to stop Greenlandic women and girls from having babies.

  • I'm James King and in the new series of Tectonic from the Financial Times.

  • I'm going inside the miracle of modern chip manufacturing.

  • It's a technology at the heart of the prosperity and security of nations.

  • And there's a battle going on over who controls the chip making industry.

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  • It was a very happy childhood.

  • I remember when we were living in North Greenland.

  • There were a lot of small houses in different colors and at winter there were a lot of snow.

  • So we had warm clothes on.

  • Children could go outside and play without parents being afraid of oh, where are they now?

  • So it was a very safe childhood we had.

  • Bulla Larsen is from Greenland.

  • It's the world's largest island, located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans.

  • Three quarters of it is permanently covered in ice and snow.

  • July is the only month each year where the temperature reliably rises above freezing.