Sunday, April 16, 2006

CBS 60 Minutes: China too many boys

American broadcaster, CBS’s 60 minutes just picked up the issue, too many men for China. Reporter Leslie Starr went to Jiangxi province, she also went on the Beijing Street, talking to immigrate workers before being shut out by policemen.

Back several weeks ago, I wrote one story (glorious battle for Chinese men)about one of my classmates, whose younger sister was kidnapped and disappeared for years before being rescued, the classmate’s whole family nearly went crazy for the incident. And the trauma still visible up to day.

the story of gender gap is iceburger in oceans, in which One child policy, harshly and strictly enforced, Chinese and Asian long tradition of relying on a son to take care of seniors, and lack of social security system and rooted feeling of uncertainty towards policies.

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