They have a surplus of men. They could likely loose 10M or more men invading Taiwan and there would still be more men than women in the 15-54 cohort
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Actually the surplus is a cultural thing, as males are expected to provide for their families and when they marry their wife’s family grand parents etc. There is no western type welfare in China.
Kill enough of them in a war and the families will revolt - the CCP knows that and would have to kill even more of its citizens to suppress the revolt, acerbating the entire situation.
Then there is the problem of the ‘left over women’ - women who were not married off in their 20s. They are undesirable - no matter their looks. No man would risk his family’s stern disapproval by taking one as a bride. Women over 30 are not marriageable in China.
I had never heard of the cultural thing about “left over women” and will look that up. Thank you.
“Kill enough of them in a war and the families will revolt - the CCP knows that “
No they won’t. This communist Chinese government has murdered 60-100 million people depending on the source. The real number is probably impossible to know.
Nobody revolted.