Toward Decline
Why China Can’t Fix Its Broken Economy
Why it matters
China's structural inability to sustain domestic consumption and shift its economic model forces it to export surplus production and accumulate debt — classic pre-crisis dynamics. This degradation of China's economic engine reduces its long-term capacity to underwrite military modernisation, infrastructure competition in the Indo-Pacific, and strategic leverage over resource-dependent economies including Australia's regional partners.
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