CHINA IN TRANSITION

Real-estate debt, crackdowns and COVID policies throw a spanner in China’s economy

Xi Jinping’s push to make China a technological superpower faces growing headwinds from an economy weighed down by debt and a stringent zero-COVID regime. The latter especially has left the nation isolated from the rest of the world

Ananth Krishnan

How Xi remade China’s Party-State

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S. Jaishankar flags 'sharpening of tensions' on territorial issues across Asia amidst China's rise

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An advertising board showing a Chinese stone lion is pictured near an entrance to the headquarters of China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), in Beijing, China, September 7, 2015.

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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (right) talks to President Xi Jinping after the opening session of the National People’s Congress at The Great Hall of People on March 5, 2017 in Beijing. China set a 2017 growth target of about 6.5 per cent as focus shifts to easing risk and ensuring stability before a twice-a-decade leadership transition this year with Mr. Xi being reaffirmed as the “core” leader.

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