No, they didn't. It's a result of no education, poverty, .... All the bad things in life. Population still is a big problem in China. Now families are allowed to have one child. So often in the provinces when the first born is a girl... It gets trown out (really) <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> and is left to die. Becouse they need a boy to work on the fields and carry the family name.