China - Part 1

With the Olympic Games just round the corner here are some facts about China:

• China's pupulation is 1.3 billion people
• China's one child policy creted a generation of only children that numbers 90 million
• 119 boys are born for every 100 girls
• The number of unmarried young men (called "bare branches") is predicted to be 30 million by 2020
• 45% of Chinese women in a recent survey said they do not want to give up their carreers to get married
• Three in ten Chinese families have grandparents living in the same household
• Beijing enforces a one-dog policy that prohibits pets more than 14 inches high.

These facts are courtesy of the National Geographic - May 2008