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Sunday, 11 February 2007

China Needs Women!

Communist China's one child policy has resulted in such an imbalance of the sexes that the government estimates that by 2020 China will have 30 million men unable to find wives.

The bad news is that this will leave China with a giant army of young men with a motive for going to war that Ghengis Khan would have understood. The good news is that China will soon become the world's prime A1 market for video games.
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousSunday, 11 February 2007 at 22:05:00 GMT-8

    Raise your hand if you saw that one coming.

    Here's an idea: outsource the next season of "The Bachelorette" over to China, round up 100,000 swingin' singles, skip the whole dating part and replace it with Gladitorial games. Last guy standing (with all limbs intact) gets to pass on his genes!

    Hey, It can't be anymore barbaric than exposing newborn daughters to the elements.

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  2. AnonymousMonday, 12 February 2007 at 08:38:00 GMT-8

    40 boys to eight girls? Geh! Official numbers are 10-30% imbalance, but 5:1 is much worse than I thought it might be.

    China has been getting very cozy with Iran recently, so perhaps it is going to be Russia that will enjoy the attentions of the new hordes.

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