They Can’t Get No Satisfaction
I passed on this story this morning:
China arrested 92,574 underage criminals in 2006, a 33-percent rise from 2003, said an official with the Supreme People’s Procuratorate on Thursday.
The number of juvenile delinquents prosecuted increased by 50 percent, said the official, without giving a specific figure.
About one in 10 criminals detained and prosecuted in 2006 was underage, said the official.
“There is a visible increase in gang crime among juvenile delinquents and crimes have become more violent,” the official said. “This is a major issue which endangers social stability.”
I just didn’t have anywhere to go with it.
Until Mark Steyn, as is his wont, puts his finger on the issue:
China will get old before it gets rich, in part because of its foolish “one-child” policy.
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China’s antipathy to the pitter-patter of tiny feet has led to industrial-scale abortion of girls and the biggest gender imbalance of any generation in human history. As a general rule, millions of surplus young men who can’t get any action is not a recipe for social stability.
“Puts his finger” on it; I should probably rephrase that.