News Snapshot:
The past week saw China dominate the headlines in two ways -- one economic, the other geopolitical -- that point to new challenges for this aspiring superpower. T N Ninan writes that the Evergrande debacle could mark the end of the long run of “miracle” growth that has made China the world’s second-largest economy and a challenger to the United States and may need to rewrite its script. Read it here. Devangshu Datta explains why AUKUS, which is designed to contain China, is analogous to the standoff between NATO and the Warsaw Pact but will be vastly different in details....
