From The Washington Post:
Experts on Chinese affairs, including Wang Feng at the University of California, Irvine, have long warned that the country was heading towards a “demographic precipice” that could even challenge the legitimacy of Communist Party rule. … “This really marks a historic point to end one of the most controversial and costly policies in human history,” he said.

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