Or it was illegal for them to be born: https://www.vocativ.com/world/china/ghosts-chinas-one-child-policy/index.html https://www.vocativ.com/world/china/ghosts-

Or it was illegal for them to be born: https://www.vocativ.com/world/china/ghosts-chinas-one-child-policy/index.html https://www.vocativ.com/world/china/ghosts-chinas-one-child-... (at least illegal for their parents). Westerners think the Chinese murdered female babies, but I remember reading (citation needed?) that the female babies mostly end up being undocumented.