As China drafts its 15th five-year plan – the next entry in a line of expansive blueprints that have set the tone for the country’s development over more than seven decades – we examine how these documents inform and reflect high-level policy priorities, what to expect in the coming iteration and how fine-tuning supply chains would work to China’s advantage.
On paper, when Apple unveiled its latest flagship smartphone earlier this month, all US-bound models of the iPhone 17 were said to be produced in India – a headline-grabbing announcement that reportedly reflected fraught China-US trade ties while amping up the decoupling rhetoric.
