"Their economy is depressed but beautiful women are running rampant," the state-run Beijing News reported Jan. 22 in a story suggesting that Ukrainian women could be the solution to China's woman shortage. The piece, illustrated with charts, bubbles, and cartoon illustrations of lonely Chinese men, was a breezy attempt to make light of China's missing women and the severe gender imbalance caused by couples aborting female fetuses in favor of boys.
Foreign Policy: Ukrainian brides may solve China’s gender gap, Chinese media claims
A bride and groom take part in a wedding ceremony as part of the 16th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang province on Jan. 6, 2015.
