There are, by last official count, 122 boys being born for every 100 girls in China, on the average, while in some areas it is as high as 145 to 100.  Over the years there have been countless riffs on how politically, socially, and economically, this unnatural ratio has and will continue to  shape China.  Professor Shang-Jin Wei, the N.T. Wang Professor of Chinese Business and Economy in the Finance and Economics Division and director of the Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business at Columbia Business School, is the first to theorize on the connection between the ratio and Chinese savings patterns. 

via [asiahealthcareblog]