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Similitude
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Date Joined Apr 2004
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Posted 5/3/2008 8:53 PM (GMT -6)

The age-old bias for boys in China, combined with the draconian one-child
policy, has produced what may be the largest gender imbalance in the world.Â
NBC News Eric Baculinao reports from Beijing on efforts to change the
disturbing trend.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5953508/from/ET/

Tom
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Posted 5/4/2008 2:57 AM (GMT -6)

Haven't read it yet, but just responding off the top of my head, why should a bias for boys produce a gender imbalance where couples limit themselves to having just one child? The births of only children fall under the same gender determinations genetically speaking as second, third, and fourth born children; unless they're selling or killing female babies until they have a boy to keep. Is that what's happening?

Guess I could read the article.

No time!

T

Tom
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Date Joined Jul 2001
Total Posts : 10353

Posted 5/4/2008 2:59 AM (GMT -6)

Shoulda read it first. They resort to abortion and/or infanticide to insure a boy.

There ya go.

T

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