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Published: Thu, 8 Oct 2009
Description: Unbalanced ratio of males to females in China after years of the communist country's one-child policy
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" And in China the Communist country's one child policy. Combined with a cultural preference for -- has led to a widening imbalance in that country's population. Correspondent Dana Lewis explains."
" Every weekend in Shanghai's people's park number five they come. Mothers fathers grandparents. Bearing pictures and posters of young Chinese men and women. Looking for -- on how old is your son until matchmaking is an easy says this man -- shopping worldwide. 33 year old son every Saturday for six months. For his pitch to their parents short and sweet -- got a -- good looking good sound. -- he's telling us and Chinese we should take his telephone number in case any women in America like his son. Because of China's one child policy to control -- ever expanding population now one point three billion people. There -- a lopsided explosion of boys versus girls they cavernous gender gap. Unprecedented worldwide. Up to a 130 boys to every 100 girls in some areas of China. Traditional preferences for some means some women abort their baby if an -- term sonogram -- it's -- girl. In the next twenty years it's estimated that thirty million Chinese man won't be able to find -- And for the mothers and fathers -- come here every weekend there's a lot more to this than just finding love for their kids there's a condition in China the young looking after the old. They're Social Security is on the line. The Chinese Government hasn't paid pensions and provided health care for most Chinese so the job of looking after his parents polls on Peter war. In this region dating club he scans the room for somebody in his words -- or in this case he says milk could help."
" More than people who -- Thing I love."
" But in the big cities finding mr. or miss right is easier. Many -- migrate from small town China to Beijing or Shanghai to find work and marriage. And because more and more women are working attitudes of parents who wants only wanted boys are changing."
" Into 20122. -- fifteen. Well if you keep us on the population we've been introduced. Some things that we give me home -- traditions."
" But for men left behind in the countryside there will be a shortage of we've -- wives. The pressure -- for moms and dads in people's part number five the Chinese lonely hearts club is the biggest worldwide. In Shanghai Dana Lewis Fox News."
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