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In much of rural China, couples have a strong preference for male children for cultural and financial reasons. A male child will inherit the possessions of his parents, carry on the family name and any business, and work to support the parents when they are too old to support themselves. A female child, in comparison, will serve only to marry into another family, and contribute nothing to the property of her parents. Thus the demand for a male child is easily strong enough that rural families will often selectively abort baby girls before birth. This has already caused an asymmetry between China's male population and female population in some rural areas, with the male population vastly out-numbering the female population. And others speculate that China will become "the world's first gay superpower".<ref>''America Alone'' by [[Mark Steyn]].</ref>
In much of rural China, couples have a strong preference for male children for cultural and financial reasons. A male child will inherit the possessions of his parents, carry on the family name and any business, and work to support the parents when they are too old to support themselves. A female child, in comparison, will serve only to marry into another family, and contribute nothing to the property of her parents. Thus the demand for a male child is easily strong enough that rural families will often selectively abort baby girls before birth. This has already caused an asymmetry between China's male population and female population in some rural areas, with the male population vastly out-numbering the female population. And others speculate that China will become "the world's first gay superpower".<ref>''America Alone'' by [[Mark Steyn]].</ref>
===Exceptions===
There are some exceptions to the one-child policy, which the government added in recent years. These are known as the Four Exemptions:
*The Minority Exemption (少数豁免), for couples with one or both being non-[[Han Chinese]].
*The Rural Exemption (农村豁免), for families in villages who's children help with the farming.
*The Elite Exemption (精华豁免), which is given to scholars, athletes, soldiers and others of great importance. This exemption is often given to powerful party officials and their children, this is used as an example of [[corruption]] in the party.
*The Wickedness Exemption (惨厉豁免), a punishment which forbids the person for having children. It is mostly used on criminals.
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