Originally posted by Flood
Thats alright then – those pictures of female babies left to die that were prevalent in the British (and probably world) press a couple of years ago were, as the Chinese ambassador claimed, nothing but vicious lies – like all the other things said over the years…(Or words to that effect).

Nothing is true at all…

Flood.

Sure it does happen, male babies are left to die too. Show me a country where this doesnot occur. Poor countries with large populations simply have larger instances of this. Some families are so poor they can’t support even one child, the sex is irrelevant except boys are more likely to be adopted and less likely abandoned.

You think an economically secure family would abandon their baby girl just so they could have a boy? Get real.

The way the media protrays this problem is as if you could wave a magic wand and China would be just like Western Europe. The only way this is going to be solved is to keep up economic development and reducing overpopulation.

Originally posted by Flood
Anyway, the population will drop when nature takes control…
Why?
Coz you cannot maintain a growth in population when the overwelming majority of the population is male…

Flood.

What are you talking about, there is a 1.2:1 ratio in China compared to world average of 1.06:1. Hardly overwhelming. This will only improve women’s value in society thereby elevating their position. Even so it is widly known many female births go unreported and get raised by the grandparents.

Yet another media hysteria.

China’s birthrate is between that of US and EU. It is not uncommon to have two kids inspite of the one-child policy. You can now legally have multiple children if you’re willing to pay a special tax. Stories of forced abortion are anomalies far from standard reproduction enforcement procedures. They are quite sensational I admit. Though I’ve not heard such annecdotes in recent years. Charging for the bullet after executions is no longer practiced, hasn’t been for decades. But the stories they do make good telling.

A society that does not execute murderers have no respect for human life in my opinon. Even with a new government the Chinese people will continue to support the present level of executions. Most people think not enough criminals are getting the death penalty.

The best way to reduce death penalty cases is to reduce crime, not punishment.

What does two support beams have to do with if the dome rotates or not? The Sentry has two beams yet has a rotodome.

44,000 to 33,000. That’s a massive reduction. Not much more than the AL-31. If they kept to original spec that would be interesting.

Originally posted by Indian1973
it has to be noted that China still has not settled into its “final” political state.

Uh, NO country has settled into its “final” political state. Only one thing is for certain, this too shall pass.

Originally posted by Hydropod
Not to mention the 200,000+ mainly pro blue police and military personnels that did not vote after they where called up on duty to maintain order after the “assasination”

That’s atrocious. These are the people who would do the bleeding if the government sought independence and they weren’t allowed to vote? WTF!

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US should declare King Abdullah II King of Jordan AND Iraq.
In exchange Jordan can set aside some land for the Palestinians.