The unprecedented situation needs a solution, and this economist thinks he has one.
On his blog, which has 2.6 million followers, he outlined his idea, which he stressed is purely an economic argument. Supply and demand is the bedrock of economics, and there is an oversupply of Chinese men, he wrote in his essay entitled “30 million bachelors is a groundless fearâ€.
According to Professor Xie, wealthy men will be able to afford the “high price†of women as their value increases, while poorer men will miss out on having a partner.
“What about the low-income men? One way is for several men to band together to find a wife,†he wrote.
He believes some rural families are already adopting the idea. “This isn’t some pie-in-the-sky idea of mine. In some remote and poor areas there are cases where brothers jointly marry one wife, and they can live happily and harmoniously,†he wrote.
He worries that the flow-on effects of a generation of lonely men will cause problems as they will not have any offspring to support them in their older age, something that is mandated by Chinese law. The relationship is considered so fundamental that parents are able to sue their children for not visiting enough.
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