China’s economy is being battered by multiple headwinds - a property market correction, growing trade tensions with the US and other Western countries, and demographic decline. With so much of Australia’s economy - from iron ore to education to wine - dependent on Chinese demand, how big a problem could this become both economically and politically?

DELIVERY MODE

• Face-to-Face

SUGGESTED READING

• George Magnus, Red Flags: Why Xi’s China is in Jeopardy (Yale University Press, 2019) ISBN: 0300246633

COURSE OUTLINE

• What are the current challenges to China’s economy?
• How will these developments impact the Australia’s economic outlook?
• What will be the geopolitical implications of an economically weaker China?

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Understand the current economic challenges facing China
2. Assess the implications for Australia’s geopolitical and economic outlook