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Peak China?

Peak China? looks at whether the country's unprecedented rise has begun to falter and examines the major threats faced by Communist party leaders in Beijing

9 October 2023

  • Xi Jinping attends the China-Africa Leaders' Roundtable on the last day of the Brics summit.

    Xi Jinping’s wants a ‘multipolar world’, as China accelerates its shift away from the west

    In the face of increasingly strained relations with the west, Beijing is attempting to build its influence in the global south

1 October 2023

  • China’s insistence it is open for business is said to be at odds with a renewed focus on national security and a crackdown on some companies.

    Beijing’s mixed messages leave businesses ‘questioning’ investments in China

    A renewed focus on national security coupled with rising geopolitical tensions has damaged confidence in the private sector

25 September 2023

  • An elderly couple walks on a street in Yantai, Shandong province.

    Beijing’s demographic crisis means China could get old before it gets rich

    With millennials putting off children due to cost of living pressures, China’s economy could be derailed by its growing number of grey hairs

18 September 2023

  • A builder works at a site in China.

    Peak China? Jobs, local services and welfare strain under economy’s structural faults

    Faced with record high youth unemployment and bankrupt local councils, the country’s population is beginning to feel the weight of the economy’s flaws

11 September 2023

  • China’s middle class are facing unprecedented challenges as the country’s economy falters.

    Have we reached peak China? How the booming middle class hit a brick wall

    Facing a slowing economy and a less secure jobs market, China’s educated elite are left negotiating a new central bargain with the government
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