For every 100 baby girls born in China, 120 boy babies are born. Soon there will not be enough girls for Chinese boys to marry. — China People’s Daily. ‘In most parts of the world, between 103 and 107 boys are born for every 100 girls that are born. When China set the `one child per family` policy, many families decided that their one child would be a boy. Boys can get good jobs and take care of their aging parents. Girls marry into another family and leave the parents.
Other reasons that fewer girls are born in China, include: the role of women does not have a high value and poor conditions in farming areas where boys can do heavy work.
The Chinese government wants people to have more girl babies. They plan to make laws against aborting girl babies, educate the people on the importance of girls, and end unfair treatment of women.’
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