Trouble on the Horizon
Can you imagine what the USA would be like if every citizen was male? Well, by 2020 it is estimated that there will be a gender imbalance in China of such magnitude:
PRC Gender Imbalance Reuters ("CHINA SAYS SKEWED SEX-RATIO COULD MEAN INSTABILITY ", 2007-01-11) reported that the PRC will be home to 300 million more men than women by 2020, state media said, warning the gender imbalance, along with an aging population and rapid urbanization, could be destabilizing. The PRC has about 119 boys born for every 100 girls, an imbalance that has grown since it introduced a one-child policy more than 25 years ago to curb population growth -- a restriction that bolstered a traditional preference for boys.
300 million more men than women in one country! It will be like an entire US (pop. 300 million) of men without hope of finding wives. That doesn't bode well. You'll have 300 million men driving around, refusing to stop to ask for directions. You think the streets of China are chaotic now? And the men who stay home will be helpless because there won't be anyone around to ask where stuff is.
Can you imagine what the USA would be like if every citizen was male? Well, by 2020 it is estimated that there will be a gender imbalance in China of such magnitude:
PRC Gender Imbalance Reuters ("CHINA SAYS SKEWED SEX-RATIO COULD MEAN INSTABILITY ", 2007-01-11) reported that the PRC will be home to 300 million more men than women by 2020, state media said, warning the gender imbalance, along with an aging population and rapid urbanization, could be destabilizing. The PRC has about 119 boys born for every 100 girls, an imbalance that has grown since it introduced a one-child policy more than 25 years ago to curb population growth -- a restriction that bolstered a traditional preference for boys.
300 million more men than women in one country! It will be like an entire US (pop. 300 million) of men without hope of finding wives. That doesn't bode well. You'll have 300 million men driving around, refusing to stop to ask for directions. You think the streets of China are chaotic now? And the men who stay home will be helpless because there won't be anyone around to ask where stuff is.
posted by Kevcham at 8:40 AM
1 Comments:
Don't worry about this. A vacuum like that will just suck in all the extra women from around the world.
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