RuiThinking: The myth of China's new era

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Communism and Confucianism join hand to usher in a new era of socialism.

The Chinese roadmap of modernization is radically different from the social democratic ideology of Scandinavian countries. To have a deep understanding of China's soft power, this is it.

The 19th National Congress of the Chinese communist party has delivered the new generation of top leadership on Tuesday in Beijing.

2280 participants cast their votes based on closed door consultation. The strong central authority has been fully established to promote consistency and efficiency of policy execution, in sharp contrast with scathing bipartisan wrangling in the West.

Few would question the integrity and glow of democratic institutions, but based on the mutiny of populist movement and protectionism; globalization becomes the first casualty of too much chaotic democracy.

The Chinese communism is not based on classical Marxism or Stalinism of the Soviet era. It draws inspirations from our political ethics of Confucianism putting political order ahead of individual liberty in a changing society.

Professor Samuel Huntington from Harvard supports this paradigm. He conducted extensive studies on democratization in developing countries and cited military interventions to illustrate the tumultuous nature of social transformation in an olive-shaped society where a demanding middle class would die to win social justice under the rule of law.

China never underestimates the adversity of our transitional economy, for example, the middle-income trap. But the advent of artificial intelligence might help deliver the corner overtaking in the fast lane. A mixed economic infrastructure combining central planning with liberal market economy has liberated our entrepreneurship.

Plus, we have benefited enormously from a liberal world economic order and free trade to become the largest trade powerhouse. It is time to reconsider our world responsibilities under President Xi's leadership and his initiative of Belt and Road co-prosperity. But we want to see if President Trump would agree to accept the co-evolution when he comes to Beijing in early November.

This is RuiThinking. I am Yang Rui.

(Yang Rui is the anchor of CGTN’s Dialogue)