https://www.scmp.com/rss/509628/feed Xueqing Zhang is a PhD student in sociology at the University of British Columbia. Her research focuses on health and gender inequality, and social stratification. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com According to the World Economic Forum’s newly released Global Gender Gap Report 2021, China again has the most skewed sex ratio at birth in the world, at 1.13. That is to say, 113 boys are born for every 100 girls, which provides solid evidence for the preference for sons in contemporary China. In China, a son is seen as insurance for continuing the family line, and the preference has persisted through the years, even as urbanisation and economic development has brought many social changes to... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3129705/gender-bias-can-be-stumbling-block-even-chinas-beloved-only-child?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3129705/gender-bias-can-be-stumbling-block-even-chinas-beloved-only-child?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 16 Apr 2021 22:45:04 +0000