Posted on 01/11/2007 6:11:12 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
China: 30 million men face bleak future as singles
[Population to increase by 200 mln]
www.chinaview.cn 2007-01-12 09:00:46
BEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- A report released here Thursday said there will be 30 million more males of marriageable age in China than females by the year 2020, which will make it difficult for men to find wives.
The report, issued by the State Population and Family Planning Commission, said China's sex ratio for newborn babies in 2005 was 118 boys to 100 girls, compared with 110:100 in 2000. In some regions, the sex ratio has reached 130:100.
"Discrimination against the female sex remains the primary cause of China's growing gender imbalance," said Liu Bohong, vice director of the women studies institute under the All-China Women's Federation.
Liu said that rural people in China are widely believed to be more "traditional", preferring sons to daughters, but the newborn gender imbalance is also widening in cities.
The Chinese capital Beijing saw 109 boys born for every 100 girls in the first 11 months of 2006.
Some couples, with a traditional preference for boys and only one chance to have a child, opt for abortion when they find out their unborn child is female. Many Chinese localities have outlawed fetus gender diagnosis to prevent the trend.
The report predicted that in the year 2020, Chinese men of marriageable age will find it difficult to find wives, especially those with low income or little education. This will create social instability.
Liu said the sex ratio imbalance was not connected to China's family planning policy. "It is more a result of the deep-rooted notion in Chinese culture that men are superior to women," she said.
In an attempt to halt the growing imbalance, China launched a "care for girls" campaign nationwide in 2000 to promote the belief that men and women are equal. The government has also offered cash incentives to girl-only families in the countryside. But these policies have not had their desired effect.
Experts believe China still has a long way to go before women can enjoy the same social resources and opportunities as men.
Ping!
Libs will point out that this is one more reason to promote the gay agenda. A sick reason but . . .
Wasn't there a study a while back that pointed out that when the men to women ratio in a country got a certain amount out of whack (more men than women), it was pretty certain that the country would start a war.
Maybe they'll turn queer.
As they said on Seinfeld, "not that there's anything wrong with that".
This is why China is a seriously dangerous nation. An army of 30 million with nothing to live for.
Consequence of killing or aborting famale fetuses/babies.
Neutron radiation can take care of their massed angst.
Barney Frank likes those odds.
Seriously, I just hope they won't commit suicide after blind dates.
Act Up will push gay agenda in Beijing in the name of regional stability? Yeah, they probably will.:-)
No use in attacking India. They have a similar problem.
Regards.
China developed the cure for social instabililty a long time ago. Its the same punishment as for drug users. They sell their organs to someone else.
> Consequence of killing or aborting famale fetuses/babies.
Absolutely. Genetic "pride" backfiring through the law of unintended consequences.
Scarcity begets opportunity. The Chinese would do well to buy brothel stocks.
Doesn't Russia export?
Primary source of problem: Godless Communism.
More People's Republic of China men and women would have died off more evenly with less of life in the PRC IF Nixon did not begin to export capitalism without freedom.
Now the fight is coming. Thanks, Dick.
30 million? We had a girl in high school that I'm pretty sure could handle it.
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