I need someone to help me identify the thesis statement in the article A Nation Apart

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How about this sentence?

"So is China — the "fragile superpower," as historian Susan Shirk memorably termed it — about to experience the one thing its leaders have feared for years: a so-called hard landing of its economy that could spark widespread social unrest?"
What strategies does the author use to formulate his argument? What makes the argument so viable and compelling?
What do you think?