The 2000 census came up short, so officials launched a campaign to add tens of millions of “missing” people, bringing the official population close to initial estimates, Yi said. But a closer look at demographics showed a glaring disparity, Yi said. Around 164.24 million babies were born between 1991 and 2000. After accounting for these births and subtracting deaths and net migration, there were about 40 million fewer Chinese than reported.
They killed so many girls the population fell more than expected.
Did you read that article, or just post the first news link you found with a headline that agreed with you?
‘No Evidence’
“Dr. Yi is an early and courageous individual to criticize China’s harmful birth control policies,” said Feng Wang, sociology professor at the University of California, Irvine.
But Wang disputes Yi’s conclusions. “Scholars in China and at the U.N. have analyzed these and other data. Not a single person has ‘discovered’ such a huge discrepancy.”
Everyone agrees to not accept China’s figures, but no one can find anywhere near such a big gulf. And you’d think that if they could, more US and Taiwanese sources would be reporting on it, wouldn’t they?
https://www.newsweek.com/china-hiding-population-secret-1926834
They killed so many girls the population fell more than expected.
Did you read that article, or just post the first news link you found with a headline that agreed with you?
Everyone agrees to not accept China’s figures, but no one can find anywhere near such a big gulf. And you’d think that if they could, more US and Taiwanese sources would be reporting on it, wouldn’t they?