China Facing Major Gender Imbalance

ABC News ^ | 1/10/2007

[StoneGiant]

China Facing Major Gender Imbalance

New slogan for folks in Asia... "Hide the women!"

Also, please note that the largest population of communists in the world has an untenable social policy. Where's Socialism when you need it?














China Facing Major Gender Imbalance

Report: China Will Soon Have 30 Million More Men Than Women of Marriageable Age

The Associated Press

BEIJING - China will have 30 million more men of marriageable age than women in less than 15 years as a gender imbalance resulting in part from the country's tough one-child policy becomes more pronounced, state media reported Friday. Traditional preferences for sons has led to the widespread - but illegal - practice of women aborting babies if an early term sonogram shows it is a girl.

The tens of millions of men who will not be able to find a wife could also lead to social instability problems, the China Daily said in a front-page report.

China imposed strict population controls in the 1970s to limit growth of its huge population, but one side effect has been a jump in gender selection of babies.

"Discrimination against the female sex remains the primary cause of China's growing gender imbalance," Liu Bohong, vice director of the women studies institute under the All-China Women's Federation, was quoted as saying in a report from the State Population and Family Planning Commission.

Sex selective abortion is prohibited but the government says the practice remains widespread, especially in rural areas.

The report, carried in the newspaper, said China's sex ratio for newborn babies in 2005 was 118 boys to 100 girls, a huge jump from 110 to 100 in 2000.

In some regions such as the southern provinces of Guangdong and Hainan, the ratio has ballooned to 130 boys to 100 girls, the newspaper said. The average for industrialized countries is between 104 and 107 boys for every 100 girls.

The report predicted that by 2020 the imbalance would mean men of marriageable age especially those with low income or little education would find it difficult to find wives, resulting in possible social problems.

The problem is not just a rural issue, with the newborn gender imbalance also widening in cities. In the first 11 months of 2006, there were 109 boys born in Beijing for every 100 girls.

China Daily said one way to solve the problem would be to create a proper social security system so rural couples would not feel they needed a son to depend on when they get old.

Up to 800 million of China's 1.3 billion people live in the countryside.

[cva66snipe]

That's going to be a lot of buzzard bait.

Well nobody said they would win. In the final one they loose.

[Enterprise]

Even buzzards like chinese food occasionally.

[Chickensoup]

How about an Internet site to introduce Chinese men and Muslim women? :-)

Why? You want Chinese Muslims? I think that there are enough Muslims now, more than enough.

[Diplomat]

Wikipedia calls the PLA at 2.25 million, the worlds largest single employer. They also state size at "3.25 million if active paramilitary personnel are counted."

Assuming its close to accurate, China is going to have to increase their military size by 9 to 14 fold to get the 30 million employed. It will be noticed by the neighbors.

[cva66snipe]

Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler were all noticed. Their neighbors are out numbered and their strongest ally military wise is too wishy washy when it comes to dealing with China in a firm manner.

[wouldntbprudent]

That makes sense.

[bruinbirdman]

"30 million expendable lives for a military purpose."

American general complained to a ChiCom general about political prisoners. Chicom said "How many million would you like us to send you?"

yitbos

[Kevmo]

Or will the parents storm the capital in a human wave?
Never underestimate the rage of a parent who has lost his only child
***I suppose the best examples we have to proceed from in recent ChiCom history are
1) tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers lost in Korea;
2) millions of parents losing their children in the the 1960's "cultural revolution" and
3) the Tianenmen Square student democracy demonstrations.
In all cases, the ChiCom govmint shrugged off the criticism. In the case of a war against Taiwan with tens of millions of sons lost in the "great migration", it will probably be no different. China can afford to lose hundreds of millions of citizens.