New Starting Point in China

Author: Ke Xiangzhong Song Wei
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: After experiencing political myths and economic myths, China is ushering in a more humane era of comprehensive development! Taking the West and China as each other's "mirror," it reflects on history, reveals the present, and advises the future; breaks down the boundaries of economy, ideology, culture, and politics, examining the millennia-long rise and fall of China and the West from all-round and multi-perspective angles; summarizes the achievements and experiences of China's 25 years of reform and opening-up, and tracks the policies and actions of the new generation of leaders. The "predicament" of Western economists fully demonstrates that to understand China's economy, one must first understand Chinese culture and history. However, this does not mean that this kind of "addition" in China's economy is something to be affirmed and maintained. On the contrary, it is, to some extent, a manifestation of backwardness. This "backwardness" is evident in the historical comparison between China and the West. In comparison with the West, we can not only gain a deeper understanding of our shortcomings but also a deeper understanding of the essence of modern civilization that began with the West. Only in this way can we know ourselves and others, promote our strengths, learn from others' strengths, and better reform our economy, society, politics, as well as our ideology and culture.