tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097293516411888153.post8232340765124907342..comments2023-12-04T10:02:29.445-06:00Comments on Mark's China Blog: China's Missing GirlsMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00967364257656897151noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097293516411888153.post-13073970861357803722009-12-03T13:54:16.758-06:002009-12-03T13:54:16.758-06:00Being unregistered is a huge challenge. Those girl...Being unregistered is a huge challenge. Those girls are facing an uphill battle not officially "existing." But you're definitely right, better than the alternatives.<br /><br />When I told Qian about the talk (she didn't go), she was quick to point out that the "bare sticks" guys aren't the result of the one-child policy. Seeing that those guys are mostly in their 30s and 40s and that the one-child policy was implemented in 1980, that makes sense.<br /><br />She said that the bare sticks are mostly a result of thirty-something year old men being too poor and destitute to even be married. They simply offer nothing that a woman, even a poor rural woman, needs.<br /><br />The one-child policy is going to make things worse in this regard going forward. But we're just beginning to see the results of the one-child policy generation.<br /><br />Hearing about the bare sticks is painful. Think about how horrible life must be for those guys.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00967364257656897151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097293516411888153.post-5836245247165432402009-12-03T12:52:39.022-06:002009-12-03T12:52:39.022-06:00Interesting stuff. I wish we had a CI here in Veg...Interesting stuff. I wish we had a CI here in Vegas. We've talked before about the problems that the 'have a son retirement plan' brings.<br /><br />China could really alleviate a lot of this problem with having a 'one son policy'. Have as many girls as you want, but just one son. Maybe for just a generation until numbers get more in line. But it is comforting to known that there are a lot of unregistered girls so its not as bad as we may have thought, however, hearing about those bare sticks, it still sounds bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com