Experts have warned that millions of Chinese men of marriageble age may be living as frustrated bachelors by 2020 due to the country's gender imbalance, a trend that will add pressure to social stability.
Boys under 19 outnumber girls in the same age group by 23.77 million, which leads to the inevitable conclusion that more than ten million men will have almost no hope of finding a partner, according to calculations based on data from the National Bureau of Statistics.
May-to-December romances will be more common and there will be more marriageable urban bachelors seeking rural girls, Zhai Zhenwu, dean of the School of Sociology and Population Studies at Renmin University of China in Beijing, was quoted as saying by the official People's Daily on Wednesday.
The impoverished population will be more likely feel the pinch of China's gender imbalance, with rural men more likely left with no choice but to resort to prostitutes and "mercenary" marriages, in which women are essentially sold to men and forced into marriage, he warned, adding such illegal activities endanger marriages and families as well as social stability. More...
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Boys under 19 outnumber girls in the same age group by 23.77 million, which leads to the inevitable conclusion that more than ten million men will have almost no hope of finding a partner, according to calculations based on data from the National Bureau of Statistics.
May-to-December romances will be more common and there will be more marriageable urban bachelors seeking rural girls, Zhai Zhenwu, dean of the School of Sociology and Population Studies at Renmin University of China in Beijing, was quoted as saying by the official People's Daily on Wednesday.
The impoverished population will be more likely feel the pinch of China's gender imbalance, with rural men more likely left with no choice but to resort to prostitutes and "mercenary" marriages, in which women are essentially sold to men and forced into marriage, he warned, adding such illegal activities endanger marriages and families as well as social stability. More...
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