Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men
by
Mara Hvistendahl
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
A Slate Best Book of 2011
A Discover Magazine Best Book of 2011
Lianyungang, a booming port city, has China's most extreme gender ratio for children under four: 163 boys for every 100 girls. These numbers don't seem terribly grim, but in ten years,...