"When a son is born,
Let him sleep on the bed,
Clothe him with fine clothes,
And give him jade to play...
When a daughter is born,
Let her sleep on the ground,
Wrap her in common wrappings,
And give broken tiles to play..."
Ancient Chinese "Book of Songs" (1000-700 B.C.)

I just read this article about China's 'missing girls'. Their policy of only allowing one child per family, coupled with their valuing boys much more highly than girls, caused a sort of gendercide over the last 25 years. The elimination of girls has taken several forms: the aborting of female fetuses after ultrasound scans are performed to determine the gender; infanticide (the murder of newborn baby girls); and abandonment (girls are abandoned at a MUCH higher rate than boys). Now they're realizing that they are creating a society composed mostly of young men, who will have little to no chance of marrying. As a result, the trafficking of young women and girls into the country has increased, as well as the potential for prostitution. So not only have they systematically eliminated girls, but they will now further exploit women via prostitution and endentured servitude.
They're trying to change their policy and are now offering financial incentives for women to give birth to girls. So it's great that they're waking up and realizing the ramifications of their actions, but instead of changing their outlook on women, and valuing them as equals and as persons to be revered and venerated, they're merely trying to increase the female population in order to provide wives to the men.
I'm boiling mad right now. Don't even get me started on the orphanages overflowing with beautiful little girls that nobody wants!!!!