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Bryan Brulotte: China's economic and demographic crunch has massive implications for Canada

A slower-growing China may become more determined to secure strategic objectives while it still possesses relative strength

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Much has been written about China’s rise. Far less attention has been paid to a more important question: whether China’s economic model can sustain it.

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For more than three decades, China achieved one of the most remarkable economic expansions in modern history, lifting hundreds of millions out of poverty and transforming itself into the manufacturing centre of the world. Yet beneath that success lies a growing structural weakness that Canadian policymakers should watch closely: debt.

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The conventional wisdom in many western capitals portrays China as an unstoppable economic force. The reality is more complicated. China remains an economic and military powerhouse, but it is also one of the most indebted major economies in the world.

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