The Chinese are out of wives =(

The need for female spouses in China has risen over the past five years. In 2005, for every 100 women born 118 boys were born. The difference may seem trivial at first, but it has ended up making a large difference in the number of single women to be married off in comparision to the men in the country who are seeking partners. In China, they have a one-child policy which causes many parents to continually have children until they have a boy and the girls are just discarded. This has led to a shortage of women who would make good wives and in result there are less inter-racial marriages occuring.
The shortage of women is similar to the shortage of soldiers during the American Revolution. There was no one to aid in the fighting and seeking alternatives was not exactly an option. The soldiers looked to women as support systems, therefore they could not fight. Children were too valuable for the future of the country; they were not allowed in combat either. The shortage of men willing to fight for their beliefs was astounding and the population suffered because of it. The same situation is occuring in China today, with a population indisprecancy they could be easily avoided with social reforms.