Chinese values? | New Europe: This means that, in political and economic terms, we are entering an East and Southeast Asian century.
Lest we forget, the outcome for the world would have been far worse if China’s ascent had failed. But what will this world look like? We can foresee the power that will shape its geopolitics, but what values will underlie the exercise of that power?
The official policy of “Four Modernizations” (industrial, agricultural, military, and scientific-technological) that has underpinned China’s rise since the late 1970’s have failed to provide an answer to that question, because the “fifth modernization” – the emergence of democracy and the rule of law – is still missing.
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Neurope news that the MISSING link in China is DIPLOMACY; .... This means that, in political and economic terms, we are entering an East and Southeast Asian century.
ReplyDeleteLest we forget, the outcome for the world would have been far worse if China’s ascent had failed. But what will this world look like? We can foresee the power that will shape its geopolitics, but what values will underlie the exercise of that power?
The official policy of “Four Modernizations” (industrial, agricultural, military, and scientific-technological) that has underpinned China’s rise since the late 1970’s have failed to provide an answer to that question, because the “fifth modernization” – the emergence of democracy and the rule of law – is still missing.