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China’s skewed sex ratio makes president Xi’s job a lot harder

China’s skewed sex ratio makes president Xi’s job a lot harder

As odd as it sounds, China’s economic policy is being held hostage by its heavily skewed sex ratio. China’s excess of young, unmarriageable males poses an acute dilemma for President Xi Jinping and other leaders as they set the country’s path for the next five years during the 19th Chinese Communist Party Congress, which opened…