China's secret struggles revealed

Yet, much of the conversation is about their "unstoppable rise".

Yet, much of the conversation is about their "unstoppable rise".

China is trying to hide that it is struggling.

Much of the "facts" discussed in Australia about China talk about its 'unstoppable rise', expert Rowan Callick says, while actually, "its fault lines steadily widen and deepen".

Over decades, countries have adapted to the economic, military, and strategic rise of "The East", as trumpeted by Xi himself.

China has clearly grown economically in recent decades, but now, they are hurting, Callick, an industry fellow for Griffith University's Asia Institute says.

And they are using a tool of magic - misdirection - to fool us.

Xi needs stability to ensure the triumph of his regime, but five gaping fault lines threaten to sour his success.