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Males at marriage age 18 mln more than females in China
2007-11-14
(Xinhua) -- The number of males in China at marriage age is 18 million more than that of females due to a long period of high sex birth ratio since the 1980s, according to the country's family planning authorities.
Nobody noticed, of course...
... it was illegal to have an opinion about such things at the time ...
The sex ratio at birth in rural areas is 122.85:100, higher than the national average of 119.58:100, as compared with the normal sex ratio of 103 to 107:100, according to Zhang Weiqing, National Population and Family Planning Commission director.
Time to have a war to kill off the excess males. But with the "one child" policy they're all sole surviving sons.
By 2020, males aged between 20 and 45 are forecast to be 30 million more than females in the country, he said at a rural population and family planning conference in the Henan Province capital.
Simply brilliant. Try North Korea. Or try some of those Filipina mail order brides.
Rural families still have a preference for boys as agricultural production currently relies mainly on laborers, according to Zhang.
In that case the fellows should be perfectly happy pitching woo at each other.
China will continue to crack down on illegal prenatal sex selection and will try to help people discard traditional ideas of a preference for boys, the official said.
Good idea. Start today and you see results in 16-18 years.
Posted by:Fred

#11  I read this as, "Males at marriage age 18 minutes more than females in China"

Hell, I aged several hours more than my wife on that occasion.
Posted by: KBK   2007-11-14 19:57  

#10  'Moose do you think the Chineese can handle turining over 20 million only sons?
Posted by: Thomas Woof   2007-11-14 16:51  

#9  Why do you think p0rn0graphy, massage parlors and online video-gaming are so popular in China? The Chinese government officially frowns on these pursuits, but probably sees them as a useful outlet for pent-up energy.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2007-11-14 13:15  

#8  Vaseline sales jump on the news causing further pressure on petroleum reserves.
Posted by: Angu Dingle   2007-11-14 11:12  

#7  our youngest daughter observed that,in addition to this particular mess, the One Child Policy has created families with no uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces and nephews. No extended family to help each other.
Posted by: mom   2007-11-14 09:50  

#6  It should also be noted that the vast majority of these unmarried young men are also unemployable. This means the likely result will be either a bloody civil war, or a bloody war. Unless a major epidemic wipes out a huge number of them.

This is why I suggested that China and India may tacitly find themselves fighting a low-level, low tech border war in unpopulated mountainous desert.

Both sides keep their professional, modern armies as a 2nd echelon reserve, and send enormous numbers of draftee peasants, armed with only AK-47s and artillery against each other. Artillery because it is responsible for most combat casualties in this type of war.

In short, a repeat of World War I, but at two to five times the number killed. That is, from 40 Million to 100 Million between the two nations.

Ironically, it may benefit both sides to have *both* a war and an induced epidemic. That is, have a massive build up to war, place a vast number of draftees at the front, in the middle of nowhere, then intentionally introduce a plague that wipes out a huge number before they can fight, yet is limited to the wasteland.

This could reduce the intensity of the conflict to a minor, unresolved border skirmish, while solving their mutual problem. It eliminates the threat of some ambitious idiot trying to use nuclear weapons, and by selecting the disease, you can prevent it from being spread to the general population.

Both sides get to retire from the war with their precious machismo, and their professional militaries intact, and they don't even need to have any lingering animosity with each other.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2007-11-14 09:08  

#5  Try India. They've got the same problem sans the one child policy. That way China isn't picking on somebody smaller.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2007-11-14 07:49  

#4  "Time to have a war to kill off the excess males"

And steal a bunch of females in the process. Attack the problem at both ends. Throughout history that has been the human way.
Posted by: Glenmore   2007-11-14 07:41  

#3  According to that article yesterday, 11% of them should be gay and perfectly happy to stay that way. I assume that the women still won't have much of a choice in the matter. If you discount for the gay population, it might help, but even if the number is 11% and not more like 3%, it's still not going to fix the problem. Prostitution may turn out to be a huge business.
Posted by: gorb   2007-11-14 03:53  

#2  In that case the fellows should be perfectly happy pitching woo at each other.

Let's all see if that AIDS the situation.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-11-14 01:33  

#1  Time to have a war to kill off the excess males

Sibiria, ~ 6-12 years. They are already sending out excess males as illegal migrants over there. Once they have there a substantial minority, they can manufacture a plausible casus belli.
Posted by: twobyfour   2007-11-14 01:14  

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