One unsuspected consequence of China's one-child family rule is
A. the mystery of a half million "missing" girls every year.
B. the loophole that allows the Chinese to adopt as many children as they want.
C. repeated anti-governmental uprisings in the countryside.
D. the need to "import" women of a marriageable age.
E. a precipitous drop in the Chinese population.
Answer: A
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