Indeed, if we let the figures speak for themselves, compared with mainland China and South Korea where the ratio of male to female births has been out of balance for a decade, in Taiwan the shift in the figures has only been present a few years, and since 1990 there have been signs of a return to normal, with the ratio falling to 108: 100.
確實，若讓數字說話，比起男、女嬰數字持續十幾年失衡的大陸、韓國，台灣數字波動不僅才短短幾年，九○年後，甚至有恢復跡象，降為一百零八比一百。