2007-09-07 10:00:11 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ China
Listen up this statement is TRUE. Once and for all!! Not my opinion and here are the facts.
The EVIDENCE of this action is in how MALE HEAVY the current population is. Right now there is something like 106 men for every 100 women, and experts predict in 20 years, there will be 100 million men who won't be able to find spouses.
There's the PROOF, and the FACTS that back up your statement. Ignore the Chinese opinions that are responding.
2007-09-09 02:28:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 5⤋
Unfortunately, it is true. It is not that the Chinese wants sons only. In the 70s, China imposed a law where each couple can have only one child to control the population. Since most Chinese want a son to carry on the family name, it is important to have a son. However, a couple of years ago, the government has institute a program where people can leave the baby girl at any hospital or client, no questions ask. Also, the government is allowing some exceptions to have more than one child. The number of baby girl deaths has dropped a lot. It only happens in rural China where most of the Chinese lives. Today, 900 million Chinese still lives in rural China with limited electricity and other amenities. In those areas, average income is about $100 to 200 annually. A lots of the Chinese in the rural area have limited education. Just started early this year, Chinese government provides free education to Chinese who lives in the rural area.
People here said China is becoming a super power and we should worry about them. Well wake up, China is a super power now. It has nuclear warheads, satellites, 2.6 million troops, etc. China wants to become an economic super power.
So, some of the responses here are not quite correct and show ignorance due to lack of knowledge and understanding of the culture. Just because a foreigner lives in China, it doesn't mean he knows the culture if he doesn't want to find out. Going to clubs and pubs is a western culture not a Chinese culture.
Like our own history during the 19th century through pre-World War II. We went through what China is going through today.
2007-09-07 14:14:02 · answer #2 · answered by Matrixcm 3 · 5⤊ 2⤋
LOL@ The oasis's answer!!!!!
False!!!! I have 5 nieces who all from 2 - 6 years old born in China under 1 child system (they are my cousins' daughters), does that mean my family is a civilized one?
What about the young daughters of my Beijing / Shanghai colleagues that haven't been killed and they all are the little princesses of the houses?
I know only one fact - Chinese parents spoil their children under this one-child policy and they neglect the gender!
2007-09-09 19:08:00 · answer #3 · answered by Aileen HK 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is TRUE ! There are 38 million ( Thats MILLION ) more young men in this country than girls. Females are either aborted before they are born ( It's against the law for a doctor to TELL the parents the gender of their unborn child so they simply put there thumb up for a boy and down for a girl ) abandoned, not treated when they are sick or YES, KILLED! If you search the archives of the China daily or Peoples daily newspapers you will see the evidence.
I saw the body of a young girl floating in a river dressed in her Winter clothes ( The temp. was about 35 degrees centigrade at the time, but heavy clothes water log quickly ) and tied hands and feet.
Many Chinese KILL their daughters one way or another. Do not believe those that deny it, they are either ignorant of the facts or ashamed by them.
I repeat there are 38 MILLION more young girls than boys here. Look in the Chinese press for PROOF.
2007-09-09 19:36:15 · answer #4 · answered by bkk 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
False, not in China.
Children are precious to them as China has a "one child" policy, and in modern China today, there is a tendency to view daughters as more caring for the parents at old age than sons.
Your preposition may be true in the case of India.
2007-09-07 23:32:42 · answer #5 · answered by thinker 4 · 4⤊ 2⤋
It was true at one point, but that doesn't happen as much anymore because women are being valued more in society.
Also China is going to be in serious trouble in a few years because this population is seriously male heavy. They say in 20 years there's going to be 100 million more men than women, so you know that's going to cause some problems.
I actually think the real numbers are going to exceed the predicted (100 million) because all the young Chinese girls are getting hitched with foreigners so they can get out of the country.
Some in the US are talking about how China is going to take over the world, but trust me, the US has nothing to worry about. The Chinese social culture is going down hill and it's only going to get worse.
Anyways, there is truth to what you are saying, but not a common practice.
Summer007, China is making great progress in terms of Economic growth and GDP $$, but its social problems are getting worse. Even Beijing natives have said how bad it has gotten over the past 5 years. China has made no progress on that end because the cops and government officials are corrupt and worthless.
Just so you know, I use to sound just like you; defending China and focusing on the progress it has made, but then I moved here and realized how corrupt people are here.
2007-09-07 10:22:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 5⤋
Too many story like that make me believe it. Also look at the result, birth rate of baby boy is far higher than baby girl, you guest why.
The kind of story we have is not actually 'killing' and a difference treatment. Like a pregnant mother may have ultrasound and knows the gender of the body, then a mis-carriage may happen. The worse case may be they leave a newly born baby girl at the far corner of a street and let the 'god' to take care of the girl.
2007-09-07 14:30:40 · answer #7 · answered by HK-boy 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Actually it is true they dont do it anymore only when it was in ancient China so dont worry some dont kill but sell them as slaves. There is a book that u can read about chinas history it is called DragonKeeper.
2007-09-08 00:01:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
YES!!! you've finally found some facts to prove that the Chinese will lead to extinction, instead of having to come off as your own anti-chinese opinions!! Hooray!!!!!!lol
"Now don't say it's cus me that hates China that's why I said that,,,, ohh wait,,,,no i didn't say that....i meant............."
2007-09-09 05:43:46 · answer #9 · answered by The Oasis 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
true and false
once they found out that they are going to have a daughter..most women abort the baby in hope to produce a grandson..please her parents-in-laws and of course husband..
stupid...in a few years...millions of guys will find it hard to find wives..hopefully..it will go back to a matriachal society!
False..once a child is born..they don't kill it but they just abandon it in front of a church/hospital or rubbish dump...there are cases in which the parents kill their child
in India...it's worse....
thank my parents for not killing me..my parents joked that they rather have daughters than sons..
DAMN MY PATERNAL GRANDMA..I SWEAR..IF YOU GIVE MY MUM A HARD TIME THEN I'M GONNA CLEAN YOU UP
2007-09-07 23:41:05 · answer #10 · answered by Eris 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋