China needs women!
"China, with 1.3 billion people, is the world's most populous country. Even though the government imposed a policy of one child per family 30 years ago, it began allowing more families to have a second child because of another looming crisis - the largest elderly population in China's history is expected to peak in about 20 years. And there's another crisis that will be felt in less than 20 years: the shortage of young Chinese women. "-- VOA news service.
There are 13 million more young boys in China, than girls. In 2020, not too very long from now, there will be 40 million men with no one to marry.
How did this happen?
Well, in a society, that sees boys as economic security, and girls, as chaff, where you were only allowed by law to have one child. Often female children were aborted, in favor of perpetuating the dynasty. Many were abandoned to orphanages. The Chinese Population and Family Planning Commission, are beginning to consider lifting the one child ban.
A society can afford to lose men. Lots of men. This is not to say their lives are less valuable, but it is to say that since women don't have litters, and men can impregnate more than one woman, and there is a percentage of women that are not fertile, or that can die in childbirth, particularly in rural areas, where there is a scarcity of modern health care. Without women, a community cannot survive.
Chinese officials have seen an increase in abduction and sale of young women, and while it is not clear that this is connected, it is a concern. However, women are abducted, or sold by their families all the time in a lot of places in the world.
There are 13 million more young boys in China, than girls. In 2020, not too very long from now, there will be 40 million men with no one to marry.
How did this happen?
Well, in a society, that sees boys as economic security, and girls, as chaff, where you were only allowed by law to have one child. Often female children were aborted, in favor of perpetuating the dynasty. Many were abandoned to orphanages. The Chinese Population and Family Planning Commission, are beginning to consider lifting the one child ban.
A society can afford to lose men. Lots of men. This is not to say their lives are less valuable, but it is to say that since women don't have litters, and men can impregnate more than one woman, and there is a percentage of women that are not fertile, or that can die in childbirth, particularly in rural areas, where there is a scarcity of modern health care. Without women, a community cannot survive.
Chinese officials have seen an increase in abduction and sale of young women, and while it is not clear that this is connected, it is a concern. However, women are abducted, or sold by their families all the time in a lot of places in the world.
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