China professor in firing line for claiming women can live to 100 if they have 10 kids

An academic in China has come under fire for claiming women who have 10 children can live to be 100 years old. - Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock

BEIJING: A Chinese scholar has triggered a public backlash for claiming that a women who have 10 children can live until they are 100 years old.

The comment from an anonymous professor in Inner Mongolia, northern China, went viral in a video clip circulating on mainland social media at the end of December, according to a report by Daxiang News.