China says its gender imbalance "most serious" in the world

Published Wed, Jan 21, 2015 · 09:50 PM

Beijing

CHINESE health authorities on Wednesday described the gender imbalance among newborns as "the most serious and prolonged" in the world, a direct ramification of the country's strict one-child policy.

The statement will add to growing calls for the government to scrap all family planning restrictions in the world's most populous nation, which many scholars say faces a demographic crisis.