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2007-11-14 China-Japan-Koreas

Males at marriage age 18 mln more than females in China

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Posted by Fred 2007-11-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Time to have a war to kill off the excess males

Sibiria, ~ 6-12 years. They are already sending out excess males as illegal migrants over there. Once they have there a substantial minority, they can manufacture a plausible casus belli.

Posted by twobyfour 2007-11-14 01:14|| http://www.twobyfour.nfo/]">[http://www.twobyfour.nfo/] 2007-11-14 01:14|| Front Page Top

#2 In that case the fellows should be perfectly happy pitching woo at each other.

Let's all see if that AIDS the situation.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-11-14 01:33|| 2007-11-14 01:33|| Front Page Top

#3 According to that article yesterday, 11% of them should be gay and perfectly happy to stay that way. I assume that the women still won't have much of a choice in the matter. If you discount for the gay population, it might help, but even if the number is 11% and not more like 3%, it's still not going to fix the problem. Prostitution may turn out to be a huge business.

Posted by gorb 2007-11-14 03:53|| 2007-11-14 03:53|| Front Page Top

#4 "Time to have a war to kill off the excess males"

And steal a bunch of females in the process. Attack the problem at both ends. Throughout history that has been the human way.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-11-14 07:41|| 2007-11-14 07:41|| Front Page Top

#5 Try India. They've got the same problem sans the one child policy. That way China isn't picking on somebody smaller.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2007-11-14 07:49|| 2007-11-14 07:49|| Front Page Top

#6 It should also be noted that the vast majority of these unmarried young men are also unemployable. This means the likely result will be either a bloody civil war, or a bloody war. Unless a major epidemic wipes out a huge number of them.

This is why I suggested that China and India may tacitly find themselves fighting a low-level, low tech border war in unpopulated mountainous desert.

Both sides keep their professional, modern armies as a 2nd echelon reserve, and send enormous numbers of draftee peasants, armed with only AK-47s and artillery against each other. Artillery because it is responsible for most combat casualties in this type of war.

In short, a repeat of World War I, but at two to five times the number killed. That is, from 40 Million to 100 Million between the two nations.

Ironically, it may benefit both sides to have *both* a war and an induced epidemic. That is, have a massive build up to war, place a vast number of draftees at the front, in the middle of nowhere, then intentionally introduce a plague that wipes out a huge number before they can fight, yet is limited to the wasteland.

This could reduce the intensity of the conflict to a minor, unresolved border skirmish, while solving their mutual problem. It eliminates the threat of some ambitious idiot trying to use nuclear weapons, and by selecting the disease, you can prevent it from being spread to the general population.

Both sides get to retire from the war with their precious machismo, and their professional militaries intact, and they don't even need to have any lingering animosity with each other.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-11-14 09:08|| 2007-11-14 09:08|| Front Page Top

#7 our youngest daughter observed that,in addition to this particular mess, the One Child Policy has created families with no uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces and nephews. No extended family to help each other.

Posted by mom">mom 2007-11-14 09:50|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2007-11-14 09:50|| Front Page Top

#8 Vaseline sales jump on the news causing further pressure on petroleum reserves.

Posted by Angu Dingle 2007-11-14 11:12|| 2007-11-14 11:12|| Front Page Top

#9 Why do you think p0rn0graphy, massage parlors and online video-gaming are so popular in China? The Chinese government officially frowns on these pursuits, but probably sees them as a useful outlet for pent-up energy.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2007-11-14 13:15|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2007-11-14 13:15|| Front Page Top

#10 'Moose do you think the Chineese can handle turining over 20 million only sons?

Posted by Thomas Woof 2007-11-14 16:51|| 2007-11-14 16:51|| Front Page Top

#11 I read this as, "Males at marriage age 18 minutes more than females in China"

Hell, I aged several hours more than my wife on that occasion.

Posted by KBK 2007-11-14 19:57|| 2007-11-14 19:57|| Front Page Top

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