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During the one-child rule which held for the last app. 30 years, Chinese couples were tempted to prefer boys to girls. So "gender selection abortions [have been] "extremely common". In some areas there could be up to 130 boys born for every 100 girls.
That kind of imbalance means that millions of young men will necessarily be unable to find wives. Social behavior is different in villages and schools.
"A shortage of brides is putting young women in neighboring countries at risk of being trafficked."
At a shelter for victims of trafficking, all the girls say "they were tricked by relatives, friends or boyfriends and sold to Chinese men as brides." A Vietnamese girl said, "I had heard a lot about trafficking. But I couldn't imagine it would happen to me."
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