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A similar situation is going on in China, too.

Every year, about a million female fetuses are aborted and tens of thousands of female babies go missing.

In China, a historical preference for a male child has been exacerbated by the one-child policy, which was enacted in 1979.

The strong cultural preference for sons is heightened by the one-child policy leading and cultural values results in serious consequences.