Toward Programme
Logan Wright on Broken China
Why it matters
China's confirmed macroeconomic breakdown—0.5% growth, property collapse, debt trap, and inability to transition to new growth drivers—materially reduces China's fiscal and technological capacity to fund sustained military modernisation and regional coercion. This shifts the Indo-Pacific balance favourably for Australia's alliance positioning and reduces the timeline for forced Taiwan resolution or major kinetic conflict, creating strategic breathing room for Australia's decoupling and industrial-base consolidation.
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