Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 6022667" data-attributes="member: 24302">You're not getting it.  They had 40 years of a one child per couple policy.  Culturally it's very important for families to have a son.  They were using ultrasound to determine sex of baby and if girl they were aborting them, hoping for a son next time.  This resulted in a huge gap between the number of boys vs girls born for 40 years.  Literally now millions of men who will never marry because there aren't enough women.  And made them top heavy with elderly people.  China's population by 2050 will be reduced by almost half.  You would think that's a good thing but what it means is there won't be enough spending to maintain their economy and it will greatly increase poverty.  And destabilize a country with nukes.  There are consequences for dumb decisions made by a centralized government.</blockquote>