China In Context
China In Context
SOAS China Institute
Left-Behind Men and Rebellious Women — Dating, Relationships and the Gender Imbalance in China
35 minutes Posted Jun 17, 2025 at 3:00 pm.
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China's one child policy may have ended a decade ago — but its consequences are still being felt — not least in the continuing gender imbalance in the country's population: for several decades, the combination of restrictions on family size with traditional attitudes favouring male children, especially in rural areas, led to many female babies being aborted. China is currently estimated to have at least thirty million more men than women — and a new documentary film explores the i...