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Xuan Li, The Conversation
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China’s 'bare branches’: Unmarried men stuck between tradition and capitalism
The bitter fruit of the One Child Policy and the preference for sons is a female deficit of 20 million people in the coming decades for men of marrying age.
Xuan Li, The Conversation
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China’s marriage rate is plummeting – and the reason is gender inequality
By focussing on single men, Chinese parents and the state are ignoring the root of the problem.
Xuan Li, The Conversation