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Patricia's avatar

this was a marvelous overview. thank you!

The Complex Now's avatar

​While the West prioritizes short-term efficiency—maximizing financial speed and immediate output—China appears to be focusing on long-term stability. In the study of complex systems, a structure that cuts away all "extra" parts to boost immediate performance becomes fragile. By keeping central control over energy and production, China acts like a system that invests in its own resilience to survive global crises. The real conflict today isn't about different ideologies; it is a clash between two different strategies for how complex systems try to stay alive and stable in a changing world

Terentev Valerii's avatar

neither China, nor Russia have ever been communist. They were centralized state capitalist of total control, loosening the control in the 1970-1980s.

Mike Moschos's avatar

Trump and his delegations key wants may actually align with Xi and Co’s program; when Trump or nvidia ceo Jensen say “open up” China, well there are some forums where they do provide specifics and what they mean is they was a much deep centralization and de-democratization of China to enforce intensive standardizations in policy to eliminate China’s traditional local level legal/regulatory and policy variances and its local gov's autonomous fiscal capacities. Xi and Co and have been on a drive to concentrate power but have recently been running into internal resistance and pushback, they may find Trump and Co useful allies, at least temporarily

Terentev Valerii's avatar

Trump is the best US president for Moscow and Beijing

John Daigle's avatar

Could you explain what these “Chinese characteristics “ you have often referred to are?That is a very vague characterization.