Location:
BEIJING, CHINA
Post Date:
Sep 22, 2006 9:33 AM
TAG ID:
upiphotos724965
(RM)
Credit:
STEPHEN SHAVER/UPI/Newscom
Format:
3000 x 2206 Color JPEG
Photographer:
STEPHEN SHAVER
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
A father holds his very young son while waiting for customers at his sidewalk bicycle repair shop in downtown Beijing, September 22, 2006. The population of China rose to 1.265 billion people by the end of 2000, an increase of 11.6 percent from 1990, according to the results of a census published Wednesday. The ratio of boys to girls remained unusually high at 117 to 100, a significant increase from the previoulsy reported figure of 113 to 100. (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver)