The key to China’s success on the world stage Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
Understanding the Communist Party of China (CPC) is the key to rebuilding China-US political mutual confidence, because some Americans’ wrong notions about China are related to their misunderstanding of the CPC. Party leadership, as inscribed in China’s Constitution, is the fundamental characteristic and biggest systemic advantage of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Only when the US understands and respects this will it stop finding fault with China on the latter’s domestic affairs.
Three misgivings to be cleared
In particular, the US side needs to overcome three important misgivings. To begin with, the US sees China as an ‘alien’ country. Some people lament the failure of the US policy, begun under former president Richard Nixon, of engaging with China. After having turned Japan into a Western-style country, the Americans wanted to do the same with China, ignoring the
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Editor s Note: This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. Today the CPC has grown into the largest political party in the world, and the country under its strong leadership has become the world s second-largest economy. Two experts share their views on how the Party has led the country and people to rejuvenation and prosperity with China Daily: