China home to 18 million surplus men

**Rebadow** · 13th-November-2007

BEIJING, Nov 13 (Reuters) - China has 18 million more men of marriageable age than women, the result of sex-selective abortions in a country that has traditionally placed more value on boys, state media reported on Tuesday.

China has about 119 boys born for every 100 girls, but that figure rises to about 122 in rural areas, Xinhua news agency quoted Zhang Weiqing, director of the National Population and Family Planning Commission, as saying.

Ultrasound checks to determine the sex of babies are illegal in China but many expectant parents pay for the service, a habit Zhang said the government would continue to crack down on.

China has also warned that the gender imbalance -- the surplus of men is forecast to swell to 30 million by 2020 -- could raise the risks of anti-social and violent behaviour among men who cannot find wives, contributing to instability. (Reporting by Lindsay Beck; Editing by John Chalmers)

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**John Dias** · 13th-November-2007

To me, this is not misandry. Just an indicator of state-sanctioned violence (and in China, where abortion is not a choice, but mandatory -- state -imposed violence).

The only hint of misandry is in the value attributed to the 18 million men -- that they are only valuable if they are balanced by 18 million women. Was that your point?

**Alexandra** · 13th-November-2007

They'll probably put them in the military.

**Rebadow** · 13th-November-2007

Quote from John Dias

To me, this is not misandry. Just an indicator of state-sanctioned violence (and in China, where abortion is not a choice, but mandatory -- state -imposed violence).

The only hint of misandry is in the value attributed to the 18 million men -- that they are only valuable if they are balanced by 18 million women. Was that your point?

Wasn't aiming at making some kind of misandry out of this. It's just an interesting case, I think, unique in the world - 18 million more men than women!

The last sentence is also quite interesting.

**Rebadow** · 13th-November-2007

Hmm, come to think of ity China has population of more than 1300 million. 18 millions isn't such a big deal then

**Aug9th-LiveOrDie** · 14th-November-2007

come to thik of it , I got the perfect solution
since those rice eating commie bastards are exporting all kinds of lethal shit to the states, we can export a few million feminazis to keep there 18 million hard dick chicom soldiers company