Traditional preference for sons, abuse of medical technology such as illegal sex-selective abortion and other factors have led to an increasingly imbalanced sex ratio in China, Chinese Deputy Health Minister Liu Qian has said.
China's sex ratio at birth was 118 males for every 100 females in 2010. The number of males for every 100 females has risen consistently every decade from 108 in 1982, 111 in 1990 and 116 in 2000, the China Daily reports.
By 2020, Asian Men Will Be Struggling to Find Wives
Asian men will have a tough time finding a wife by 2020 if the ongoing perception that a male is better than a female child continues.
Asian men will have a tough time finding a wife by 2020 if the ongoing perception that a male is better than a female child continues.
Doctors who are found practicing non-medical-related sex checkups or sex-selective abortions will lose their licenses, and any medical institutions found to be involved will also be given harsh punishments, the report said.
The controversial One-Child Policy has been blamed for widening gender imbalance, with reports saying that the couples who adopted the policy have found themselves under pressure to have their only allowed child be male.
Census 2011: Decline in Child Sex Ratio
Census 2011 spotlights the problem of India's missing girls with the data showing that the ratio of female to male children at its lowest level.
Census 2011 spotlights the problem of India's missing girls with the data showing that the ratio of female to male children at its lowest level.
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Vietnam's Rapid Rise in Boy Births A Concern, Says UN
Vietnam's population is increasingly imbalanced between men and women, threatening to leave young males without female partners, the United Nations said Tuesday.
Vietnam's population is increasingly imbalanced between men and women, threatening to leave young males without female partners, the United Nations said Tuesday.
