Chinese Secrecy Counter Productive
Kent Ewing, Asia Times | September 22, 2009
Despite reforms Chinese politics is still conducted in a highly secretive manner. ++ The failure of senior government officials to explain decisions is continually undermining the power of the CCP and leaving Chinese politics “as if the world remains in the grips of a Cold War.” ++ Genuine competition within the party would help root out systemic corruption and the indecision apparent in the failure to openly elect Xi Jinping to be leader in 2012. ++ With China seeking a greater voice in international affairs it is time to provide transparency.
Wed, Sep 23rd 2009, 11:24
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China’s rise to a world power is inevitable, and whether it’s sustainable or not is really up to China to decide, and in relation to other world powers such as US, EU, ASEAN and etc., either as a responsible country or as a responsible member in bloc.
In all likelihood, China perhaps is developing into a flexible model, with time, that it can either advance, at will, aggressively on the world stage, economically and otherwise, or retreat to the domestic and regional structure , ASEAN Plus, the base, with internal demand and market under internationally recognized behaviors such as WTO guidelines and the UN rules, at will, as well. Much like the model EU is developing into, with a single market and expanded euro zone – which is relatively independent of exports outside of the zone for growth, and with an eye on the integration of part of Africa and Mideast into it.
Blocs like these are then interconnected by free trade agreements to make the world development whole and sustainable.