'China Model' needs Chinese wisdom

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The riddle of the "China Model" has become the most exciting research topic for social scien-tists worldwide: How has a populous country without a "democratic" political system managed to transform itself in three decades?

What has happened has challenged the existing development theory and common sense of the West. Many have tried to summarize it with new concepts, such as the "Beijing Consensus" or the "Chinese Model," with various interpretations and predictions.

In China's unprecedented economic experiment, which could generate groundbreaking theories, the voices of Chinese scholars are unfortunately missing. Even the widely circulated concept of the "China Model" is a product of the West.

In researching the "China Model," local scholars have the natural advantage since they are not only observers, but also participants.
There is a self-deprecating joke among local academia that Chinese economists are better positioned to win the Noble Prize for economics than their Western counterparts, given the economic miracle that has happened in this country.

Yet the disappointing result each year reflects an embarassing situation: Chinese scholars are lacking proper theory support and power of discourse to influence the world thinking.

"Crossing the river by groping the stones" is how China makes difficult decisions. Yet a truly great nation should not only have growth power, but the capability to theorize the experience and continuously improve that theory, along with the confidence to promulgate it to a wider audience.
Open discussion on the topic has started in China, but is still lacking in scale.

Yao Yang, director of the China Center for Economic Research at Peking University, just published an essay in the esteemed Foreign Affairs magazine. Pan Wei, professor of Peking University, is compiling a book on the same subject.

Debate also includes opposing views. In an attempt to challenge the Western theory, Study Times, which is affiliated with the Party School, published a four-part article last December contending the flattering "China Model."

Since the founding of the US more than 200 years ago, debate over the American development model has been constant in the government, academia and the media. Phrases such as "the American century," "American Exceptionalism," and "the Washington Consensus" have provided thoughts for other countries to reflect on.

The "China miracle" and "China collapse" terms, along with the more neutual "China Model," reflect the change in how the West sees China. China is regarded as having the potential to impact the world's fate.
Debate over the "China Model" will continue. Chinese should not be bystanders in the discussion.

'China Model' needs Chinese wisdom

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China's success seems quite simple to me.

The people who determine their rules, regulations and laws care more about their entire population ie., "the masses" the common man.

Here corporations control and care more about corporations. Which recently became more palatable since corporations became people.