It's common for media and academics to cite the statistic that China's one-child policy has led to anywhere from 30 million to 60 million "missing girls" that has created a gender imbalance in the world's most populous nation.
But a University of Kansas researcher is a co-author of a study that has found those numbers are likely overblown, and that a large number of those girls aren't missing at all—it was more of an administrative story that had to do with how births are registered at local levels in China.
"People think 30 million girls are missing from the population. That's the population of California, and they think they're just gone," said John Kennedy, a KU associate professor of political science. "Most people are using a demographic explanation to say that abortion or infanticide are the reasons they don't show up in the census, and that they don't exist. But we find there is a political explanation."
The 2010 Chinese census found the sex ratio at birth was 118 males for every 100 females. Globally the average is about 105 males to females. In 2015, Chinese state media announced all couples would be allowed to have two children, signaling the end of the controversial 35-year-old policy, but scholars and policymakers are examining how the ban could have lasting social influence in China on everything from elderly care to political stability.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday December 04 2016, @12:11PM
Hah! You dumb Chinks have fucked yourselves in your own asses! Now you have to mate with your cousins, and produce inbred offspring!
Chink Women: mate with Whites for genetic superiority., We hate White women, we will take you home and show you a better place!
(Score: 2, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 04 2016, @02:00PM
I wish you had something going on in your life.
(Score: 2) by jmorris on Sunday December 04 2016, @06:27PM
Oh come on, that was pretty good trolling, especially since it is actually on topic. First posts generally have to shoot for short and pithy since the window of opportunity is small.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 04 2016, @06:28PM
They make our iphones and other e-trash. Thankfully they also jump off buildings.