This talk is part of the FNVA’s Round Table titled as “Next Decade of India-China Relations: Scope for Policy Alternatives?”, held at the India International Centre, New Delhi – 2013.
Gordon Chang, the author of ‘The Coming Collapse of China’ and ‘The Great US-China Tech War’ calls out the rouse of the Chinese economy. He further asserts how the Chinese economy which needs reform to continue its growth requires necessary political if they were to fulfil its ambitions. He explains the key points that led to the unprecedented rise of the Chinese economy and argues that the current polices like the ‘One-Child policy’ contradicts its vision, leading to ghost cities. He predicts how the infighting in the Chinese leadership would lead to an eventual disarray, which we witnessed during the recently concluded 20th National Party Congress, 2022 when former president Hu Jintao was sidelined and removed from the dais. Similarly on the foreign policy front he accurately predicts a more aggressive China in the coming years and how India would be confronted by it on various fronts as China sees India as its true rival and enemy in the long run.
