The end of China’s draconian one-child policy has failed to bring an expected boom in births, adding yet another headwind to the country’s economy and compounding worries about its long-term growth potential. Chinese leaders in 2016 scrapped the decades-old one-child policy after economists warned it was creating a demographic time bomb for China, contributing to a shrinking workforce and a rapidly aging population.

Source: Wall Street Journal February 09, 2019 12:56 UTC