5/5. The Chinese government reckons as many as 40 million men will be permanent bachelors within 15 years, a consequence of the country's one-child-per-family dogma and the fact that unwanted daughters are often aborted or killed. Many men are desperate: Xin Hua, 24, travelled 860 miles across China to find work so as to attract a female; and women are being kidnapped to be sold as brides. Can family-planning officials convince that girls are as rewarding as boys?
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