Asia | The marriage squeeze in India and China
Bare branches, redundant males
Distorted sex ratios at birth a generation ago are changing marriage and damaging societies in Asia’s twin giants
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Bare branches, redundant males”
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