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Actually, I've seen no shortage of females, young and old, walking alone at night in Chinese cities well after 2am, carrying groceries home etc. It seemed far safer there than in any US city after midnight.

Also, China (both the government and the people) knows the one-child policy is bad... but there are few viable alternatives at the moment. They have more than 4 times our population in the exact same area (and less arable land for growing crops). Before the economic explosion began 15 years ago, simple demographics showed that they were looking at massive starvation within a decade. Thanks to the economic reforms, their farming techniques have improved, and now the pressure is somewhat lower. Thanks to that, and due to internal and external pressures, the One-Child policy is slowly improving. Forced abortions are almost unheard of in the cities, especially since the economic realities in the cities allow couples to pay the fines for having "extra" children. The rural and Western areas are improving rapidly too, since the one-child policy was amended to allow rural families to have a second child if the first is a female.

Selective abortion still happens (since many families are "traditional" and do still prefer boys for the reasons mentioned in the article, and the Western provinces often ignore Beijing's reforms until they're established as successful) but the situation IS improving overall.

(Lest one mistake me for a CCP apologist, please read my tagline. I just want to make sure that we focus on the real problems in China, not the ones that get the most PR that might not reflect the actual reality over there right now.)

Finally (as I ramble on), it is actually inappropriate to refer to China as Communist (even though they call themselves Communist, LOL). There is very little that follows the tenets of Marx and Engels there. The wealthy are not facing punitive taxation, nor are they trying to get the poor to have the same things as the rich.... or even the basic necessities. Just as their current economic reforms are not "Chinese Socialism" (they are capitalistic reforms), China also is not Communist, and the Chinese Communist Party rarely espouses any of the core ideals of Communism. The CCP is authoritarian. That is pretty much the ONLY facet of Communism that exists and functions there. (The CCP is mandated to be the only party allowed in regional or national positions by their Constitution, so getting their one-party system to change will take some doing... but its crucially necessary for their long-term success, without a doubt.)