Friday, May 6, 2011

China's Census: The One-Child Policy's Gender-Ratio Failure

China's long-awaited census results put the Chinese population at 1.37 billion, an increase of only about 74 million people over the past decade that has resulted
in the premature aging of China. But probably the most unwelcome aspect of the census results is that
China's sex ratio at birth has risen once again. While there are many factors involved, China struggles with a self-imposed handicap: the one-child policy.


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