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Friday, January 12, 2007

China facing major gender imbalance

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.

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They lack girls because of their preferences for sons hence the abortion when finding out mothers are carrying girls in their womb! We lack guys, because many are immigrating to find a better life abroad, with better job opportunities. We as in Lebanon. However, I think this problem is being fixed, as the female gender in Lebanon is now also immigrating for a better life abroad and better job opportunities. Soon enough only elderly and children will live in Lebanon.

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