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China's economic model challenges Western assumptions about capitalism

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China has demonstrated that liberal capitalism is not the sole pathway to modernization, challenging a post-Cold War assumption. While allowing market competition and entrepreneurship, China maintains political control and directs capital towards strategic priorities like technology and stability. This approach, which integrates markets with public purpose, has diverged from Western expectations that economic liberalization would lead to an American-style political settlement. AI

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China's economic model challenges Western assumptions about capitalism

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Bernard Chan ·

    As China shows, liberal capitalism is not the only path

    Much of the Western debate about China begins with a category error. “Communism” is often treated as synonymous with a monolithic command economy, limited private enterprise and bureaucratic control over every commercial decision. Modern China does not fit that model. It is bette…

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