Does CCP’s Overproduction Model Mean Regime Readying for War?

Visitors look at a full-scale replica of a ZTZ-99 tank displayed at the Chinese Industry Museum in Shenyang, Liaoning Province of China, on Sept. 15, 2013. Getty Images

News Analysis

China’s weak demand economy is in the doldrums. But instead of lenient incisiveness for the hard-hit consumer base, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is ramping up production overcapacity and exacerbating the economic woes at home while also bringing troubles to the rest of the world, experts suggest.