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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...

Lack of women turns tables on Rajasthan's suitable boys MUMBAI (Reuters) - Long, twirling moustaches and bejewelled daggers are no longer enough for a man seeking to marry in India's desert state of Rajasthan, long considered a land of fearless warriors. But if he is lucky enough to have a sister, he can relax, a newspaper report said on Sunday. A declining sex ratio in the state is prompting a girl's parents to spurn offers of marriage from men unless the potential groom's family also has a marriageable daughter for their son, the Sunday Express said. "Around 30 percent of...

A doctor and his assistant have each been jailed for two years in India for using ultrasound scans for sex-selective abortions. Dr Anil Sabsani, a radiologist, and his assistant, who was not named, were trapped in the northern state of Haryana after the authorities were told that his clinic was offering illegal sex-determination tests. Dr Sabsani told a pregnant woman sent in undercover that he would reveal the sex of her child for an additional fee of 1,500 rupees (£20). After the woman paid the money, Dr Sabsani was caught on a hidden video camera confirming that the unborn child...

China: Bachelor bomb Dudley L. Poston Jr. and Peter A. Morrison International Herald Tribune WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2005 SANTA MONICA, California In a trend fraught with troubling political and social implications, China will soon find itself with a marriage-age population remarkably out of balance, with about 23 million more young men than women available for them to marry in this decade and the next - what demographers term a "marriage squeeze." This impending surplus of unattached young men could be a driving force behind increased crime, explosive epidemics of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, and even international threats to...

Will too many boys make China and India aggressive militarily? Our country is preoccupied with terrorism. But looking ahead, terrorism may be only one of our problems. China and India between them have 2.3 billion people. Although both nations have embraced some aspects of a market economy, one of them, China, is ruled by autocrats who manage a large military establishment. The People's Republic wants to control Hong Kong more than Hong Kong wants to be controlled and harbors aggressive tendencies toward Taiwan. Both India and Pakistan, though engaged in diplomatic talks, wish to control Kashmir, and each country has...