15 years needed to settle gender imbalance

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-01-23 17:23

 

A nurse holds a newborn baby at a hospital in Shanghai January 23, 2007. It could take up to 15 years for China's gender imbalance to sort itself out, the country's top family planner said on Tuesday. [Reuters]


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