China faces demographic crisis as birth rate hits record low, linked to one-child policy legacy

China's birth rate has fallen to its lowest level on record, raising significant long-term economic and social concerns. Experts are now pointing to the country's decades-long one-child policy, which ended ten years ago, as a major cause of this demographic crisis. The policy's long-term consequences are being questioned as China grapples with the challenges of an aging population and declining workforce.