Also Published @ The Financial Express as China: Instability on the horizon A detailed analysis of the state of affairs in China – a nation with the second largest economy at the disposal of a dictator for life in a state of self-induced atrophy is an international problem. November 24, 2022 7:29:19 pm In China, three facets are in flux – Demography, Leadership and Economy. By itself any one can create a macro instability in China. (Photo Courtesy: IE) By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R) The 20 th Party Congress signalled the end of Deng’s reform and opening whose constituents were stable consensual politics, private enterprise, foreign investment, greater freedoms and improved international relations. It was a period of ‘strategic opportunity’ in which China rose to be the second largest economy. It guaranteed security in an interconnected and globalised world. Also read: S ino Indian Border : Stable and Unpredictable In the new post 20 th Party Congress era,China has ‘two establishes’