Development with Chinese Characteristics

Barring some major crisis, China seems poised to expand its presence in international affairs, and, as part of that presence, to offer an alternative development model to that long promoted by the West. Making explicit what has for some years been simplistically referred to as the Beijing Consensus,...

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Published in:The American interest 2018-05, Vol.13 (5), p.1-16
Main Author: Kaplan, Seth D
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Bureaucracy
Communist parties
Developing countries
Economic growth
Economic policy
Education reform
Farmers
Free markets
Investments
LDCs
Modernization
Political leadership
Political parties
Rural areas
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Summary:Barring some major crisis, China seems poised to expand its presence in international affairs, and, as part of that presence, to offer an alternative development model to that long promoted by the West. Making explicit what has for some years been simplistically referred to as the Beijing Consensus, General Secretary and "core leader" Xi Jinping asserted during the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) 19th National Congress that China has "blaz[ed] a new trail for other developing countries to achieve modernization. It offers a new option for other countries and nationals who want to speed up their development while preserving their independence." China has the resources and experience, he declared, to offer "Chinese wisdom and a Chinese approach to solving the problems facing mankind." To the prospective supply of such wisdom there appears to be a rising demand. Before his death in 2012, Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia's leader for 21 years, often expressed his desire for his country to emulate China's economic strategy. He marked the limits of the free market, consistently praised the Chinese Communist Party's economic stewardship, and sought China's assistance in building up Ethiopia's infrastructure and manufacturing base. His successor, Hailemariam Desalegn, has been even more enthusiastic about trying to create a developmental state modeled on East Asia. As one Ethiopian bureaucrat was quoted in a recent Guardian article, "We are 20 years behind China and we're trying to do what they did to get where they are."
ISSN:1556-5777
2163-5099