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China Wants You to Have Sex - Episode #161

The China Show

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The One Child Policy in China

Ryn: China's never had a long term plan. It has state controlled eugenics And when the population is too low or they want to have meat grinder Like you said in the Korean War and things like this Then they boost the population They make people, sorry, they make people have children Yeah, but they incentivize it The preference in China has always been to have a boy Because in traditional Chinese culture he will look after the parents In rural areas especially If they find out they've got a girl They get an abortion That's right because they only want a boy So that's why you have that gender imbalance There are 30 something million more women than men Or whatever it is Men

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