China’s One Child Policy

December 1, 2008 / 12:25 pm • By Dr. Melissa Clouthier

China’s One Child Policy
This will harm them in the end.

UPDATED:

I’m transferring this over to an actual post because it’s important. Here is what Strategy Page says:

The unprecedented transfer of wealth roughly from West to East now under way will continue for the foreseeable future. But beyond 2025, Russia and China face some serious demographic problems. China’s “one child” policy (to halt population growth), and the unanticipated appearance of cheap sonograms (enabling parents to determine the gender of their child while there was still time for an abortion) has caused an imbalance in the gender ratio.

There are now 115 boys for every 100 girls. Young men are having a problem finding wives. Wealthier urban males attract more women from the rural areas (where 70 percent of Chinese still live), leaving a lot of lonely, poor and angry young men in the countryside. The smaller generations means that the proportion of elderly (made wealthier and healthier by the booming economy) is skyrocketing, while the workforce is shrinking.

Both these trends are bad, and will have negative social and economic impacts. India has the same gender imbalance problem, but a growing population that contains a higher proportion of poor people than in China. Not good.

I have blogged about this before here and here and here and here. And I will repeat: Where are the feminists? Girls are the ones being aborted. Abortion is being used to kill the less desired gender. The feminists’ silence is deafening.

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  • Trish

    You reap what you sow.

  • http://rightklik.blogspot.com Jason

    This is a recipe for BIG problems. The men will be lonely, angry, DESPERATE…and perhaps most importantly, totally expendable as far as the Chinese government is concerned. Think about how useful they will be in military conflicts.
    http://rightklik.blogspot.com

  • J David

    Orient, needing women, meet West needing men.

    Perfect match for a new superpower by ChiComMatch.com

  • http://melissaclouthier.com Dr. Melissa Clouthier

    J David,

    EXACTLY!

  • http://onlychildchina.blogspot.com/ Joyce Handley

    What is overlooked here are the second and third generation effects. The females that are NOT selected against have more privilege and care put into them than any generation of women in history. They will be responsible for providing for the family, exceptionally well-educated, and spared from competing with male siblings for resources. The gender disparity means that they have a large number of potential spouses to choose from, and can be pickier about their mates. Unlike in other societies with female shortages, girls in china are not disposable- they represent the only hope for a families survival. Traditional male expectation for income generation and providing flal to them. Women in two generations will be in a better position than ever in China as a result. Why do people always just stop with the short term effects, when the long-term effects are so profound!?
    For more, check out http://onlychildchina.blogspot.com/