China faces an unprecedented demographic crisis as its population ages and workforce shrinks. With fertility rates in cities like Shanghai plummeting to 0.5 and the elderly comprising 15% of the population by 2025, the economic foundations of its miracle growth are eroding. Explore how soaring dependency ratios, urban pressures, and a collapsing birth rate threaten China’s ambition to become a high-income economy.
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