Posted on 10/04/2005 5:02:23 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
China: Bachelor bomb
Dudley L. Poston Jr. and Peter A. Morrison International Herald Tribune
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2005
SANTA MONICA, California In a trend fraught with troubling political and social implications, China will soon find itself with a marriage-age population remarkably out of balance, with about 23 million more young men than women available for them to marry in this decade and the next - what demographers term a "marriage squeeze."
This impending surplus of unattached young men could be a driving force behind increased crime, explosive epidemics of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, and even international threats to the security of other nations. Yet the Chinese government has done little to address its demographic destiny.
The coming squeeze is largely the legacy of the government's one-child policy, along with societal modernization. As a result, the nation's fertility rate has fallen dramatically, from around 6 children per woman in the 1960s to around 1.7 currently.
But the society's strong cultural preference for sons has not changed. In recent decades, ready access to ultrasound technology has enabled parents to learn the sex of their unborn children and has led to widespread female-specific abortion.
The demographic consequence is now apparent. Most societies exhibit biologically natural sex ratios at birth of around 105 baby boys born for every 100 baby girls, yielding roughly equal numbers of prospective brides and grooms as generations reach marriageable age. This normal pattern emerges where human interventions don't disturb biology.
But China has departed markedly from this natural pattern since the 1980s. Its sex ratio at birth has hovered between 115 and 120 baby boys for every 100 baby girls in recent years, a level that renders roughly one of every eight men in a generation "surplus."
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This was a direct result of China's one baby policy, where the culture preferred a male child over a female. Female babies were aborted or were quietly given up to orphanages for adoption.
Ye reap what ye sow.
There has been an illegal influx of Vietnamese women into China to marry these eligible bachelors. Maybe China will formalize this practice.
Thatsa lot of horny Chinamen.
Grinning and disgusted at the same time at that reply.
China needs women!
Plenty of living space in Siberia.......
"Maybe there will be a market for China male mail order brides in San Francisco."
Too funny.
Can I get an LOL!?
The problem is actually worse than the raw demographics as upwardly mobile Chinese women are seeking foreign husbands in huge numbers.
You have a point. The number of Chinese women, who are marrying foreigners who are better off than home boys, far exceeds Chinese men marrying foreign girls.
"China's first emperor Chin Shih Huang dispatched 500K troops to modern-day Guang-dong area and conquered it. Afterwards, troops were settled there to colonize the area. This was how Guang-dong was absorbed into Chinese empire. the current Chinese regime may resort to the same tactic. Invade sparsely populated countries neighboring China and after conquering it, settle soldiers there. Surplus males will be used as both troops and settlers."
Long before they can get those excess men turned into an army, they will be turned into gangs. We don't let gang-bangers into the military, and with good reason.
I think one obvious likely trend will be 'robbing the cradle.' The surplus of young men will seek younger women since ladies of the normal 'corresponding' age will not be available, and we will see the envelope pushed in this manner in many cases.
"I think one obvious likely trend will be 'robbing the cradle.' The surplus of young men will seek younger women since ladies of the normal 'corresponding' age will not be available, and we will see the envelope pushed in this manner in many cases."
And then (a) pedophilia gets normalized, plus (b) the younger men who get the cradle robbed before they get a shot decide to start killing their elders...
Oh, this will be fun...
That is why I called them paramilitary forces. Because, in all likelihood, they are somewhere between regular soldiers and armed thugs. They won't be part of PLA.
"That is why I called them paramilitary forces. Because, in all likelihood, they are somewhere between regular soldiers and armed thugs. They won't be part of PLA."
Still a very bad idea.
Isn't it amazing how God got this all wired up? If humans don't mess with the system, it comes out even every time.
Where in the world can they find 23 million women who want to move to China? lol
There are lots of impoverished, third-world countries with people who would welcome a chance to escape their bleak surroundings. A marriage in China would provide an escape from such a life.
LOL. I have a Philippine wife. She has a different view of life.
But in this case it would be "3 boys for every giiirl"
How about this having these guys be draft into Chinese miltary HELLO 1 billion man army in the future
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