Originally published in the Deccan Herald. Read original article ↗
China’s President Xi Jinping faces a confluence of economic headwinds and political challenges that are testing his administration’s capacity for effective governance. The post-pandemic recovery has been slower than expected, the property sector continues to face structural stress, and youth unemployment has reached historically high levels.
These domestic pressures have significant implications for China’s foreign policy behaviour and its strategic competition with India and the United States in the Indo-Pacific region.
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