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China's Village of the Bachelors: No Wives in Sight in Remote Settlement

The Guardian reports from Banzhushan, Hunan, where dozens of bachelors reside without a single unattached woman of marriageable age - one of the many consequences of a traditional preference for boys:Tens of millions of men across China face a future as bachelors. They are a source of pity, not envy, in a country where having children is central to life. Duan worries about growing old with no one