Friday, 12 January 2007

Chinese men struggle to find wives...

According to China's State Population and Family Planning Commission, there will be 30 million more men of marriageable age than women in China by 2020, which could lead to "social instability".

This is one of a range of problems in China, blamed on the One Child Policy which was introduced by the Chinese government in 1980 to reduce the rapidly increasing population.


Click on the picture for the story from the BBC, where there is also an excellent "In Depth" guide looking at lots of other China stories...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

this website is really good and i cant believe how many births there have been today.

love connie taylor