Ratio of males and females in China and India seriously unbalanced: report.Wed, Aug 03, 2011
The Star/Asia News NetworkAn estimated 160 million female foetuses have been aborted over many decades due to the mistaken perception that the male is superior to the female, reported China Press.
It said that this trend was especially severe in China and India, where the ratio of the male and female population was seriously unbalanced.
"It is estimated that by 2020, it will be very difficult for hundreds of thousands of Asian men to get a wife," it said.
American author Mara Hvistendahl said in her new book Unnatural Selection that many Asian parents only wanted male babies because of the belief and also due to the "one child" policy in China.
According to Hvistendahl, the same could be said of Indian parents.
The daily said if nature was allowed to take its course, the ratio of male and female population should be 105 male to 100 female.
"However, the male population in many developing countries has far exceeded this ratio. In China, the ratio is 120 male to 100 female, India (108:100) and Armenia (120:100)," it said.
Source:
http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%...03-292432.html
Singapore Wedding, Singpoare travel
Topic: **SHARE** By 2020, Asian men will find it hard to get a wife (Read 268 times)