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Threats to China’s future worsen

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: CHINA
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: China AP

Topical: economy international relations politics social government party debt foreign investment foreign policy labour population technology
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2019), "Threats to China’s future worsen", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB243713

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Subject

Overview of the political and economic risks facing China.

Significance

China faces formidable threats to its political and economic stability, ranging from the urgent to the insidious.

Impacts

Economic risks include demographic ageing, debt, automation and the 'middle-income trap'.
Significant political risks include a backlash against Xi’s rise at home and a backlash against China’s rise internationally.
Critical uncertainties include international crises, the consequences of generational change and the risk of an environmental tipping point.

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