Left Over in China water globe Packed with two dozen stories

Packed with two dozen stories

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Left Over in China water globe Packed with two dozen storiesForty years ago, China enacted the one child policy, only recently relaxed. Among many other unintended consequences, it resulted in both an enormous gender imbalancewith a predicted twenty million more men than women of marriage age by 2020and Chinas first generations of only daughters. Given the resources normally reserved for boys, these girls were pushed to study, excel in college, and succeed in careers, as if they were sons. Now living in an