The One Child policy was ended in 2016. But even now, there 118 males babies born for every 100 female babies. It comes to around a million more boys being born each year than girls.
Do the math. Something’s got to give.
I read somewhere online that China wants “smarter” babies, too, and is using a program to deliver high IQ babies over ordinary run of the mill, hit or miss babies. How they determine “smarter” babies I don’t know, but maybe those deemed run of the mill babies don’t get to be born???
The one child policy resulted in many more boys being born, because if limited to one child, big numbers of parents wanted that one child to be a boy.
Would China go in the other direction, and instead of having a one child policy, go to requiring people to have more children? As a totalitarian state, theoretically they could do various things to ensure more babies are born. They could require young women to be married. With the surplus of young men, there is no shortage of marriage partners available. They could ban birth control. They could give incentives for people to have large families. Totalitarian governments can do things which are inconceivable to us Americans.
Their government is reportedly sending Muslim men to live with Urgyur families, and the families risk being labeled Muslim extremists if they refuse a marriage proposal - whether to the widow or their daughter.
And while China says they’re suffering a birth dearth, they’re sterilizing Muslims with three or more kids ... even when the family had permission for three.
If you believe everything the Chinese say.