Readers consuming the flood of media reports on the dire state of China over the last few weeks may be convinced that the country's economy is doomed.

And perhaps not just the economy. China scholar Charles Burton this week offered the view that the leadership of Chinese autocrat Xi Jinping may itself be threatened as rising youth unemployment adds to popular disillusionment with the leadership in Beijing.

Xi Jinping struggles to patch cracks in the Chinese success story comes via ChinaTechNews.com.