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China's gender imbalance most serious in the world
Topic Started: Jan 22 2015, 08:48 AM (181 Views)
MSantor
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China now feeling the effects of its disastrous One-Child policy that was in place for decades.

China's a demographic time bomb waiting to happen...especially with a generation of single young men spoiled rotten by their families because of the traditional preference for males in Chinese family traditions, in order to carry on the family name.

There's been stories of rural women being kidnapped from the countryside or even from neighbouring countries such as Vietnam to meet the demand for this sea of Chinese bachelors.

No wonder political commentator Mark Steyn alluded to China as being the "first gay superpower since Sparta". :lollol:

Reuters

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China says its gender imbalance 'most serious' in the world

Reuters – 15 hours ago

BEIJING - Chinese health authorities on Wednesday described the gender imbalance among newborns as "the most serious and prolonged" in the world, a direct ramification of the country's strict one-child policy.
The statement will add to growing calls for the government to scrap all family planning restrictions in the world's most populous nation, which many scholars say faces a demographic crisis.

Like most Asian nations, China has a traditional bias for sons. Many families abort female fetuses and abandon baby girls to ensure their one child is a son, so about 118 boys are born for every 100 girls, against a global average of 103 to 107.

"Our country has the most serious gender imbalance that is most prolonged and affecting the most number of people," the National Health and Family Planning Commission said in a statement on its website.
The agency said it would step up supervision on fetal sex determination, which is banned in China. It acknowledged that women were transferring blood samples overseas to determine the genders of their babies as part of an "underground chain for profit".

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Edited by MSantor, Jan 22 2015, 08:56 AM.
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