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Sex ratio may cause marriage squeeze

By Shan Juan | China Daily | Updated: 2013-08-24 08:12

Sex ratio may cause marriage squeeze

A girl attends a Tibetan language lesson at a primary school in Chamdo county, the Tibet autonomous region, on July 19. Kuang Linhua / China Daily

China still faces a tough challenge to redress a long-term skewed sex ratio of births on the mainland, which now stands at about 117.7 boys for every 100 girls, said Chen Zhu, vice-chairman of the 12th National People's Congress Standing Committee.

Sex ratio may cause marriage squeeze

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