China touts its governance model as Trump tests global norms

As the world digests the implications of the US capture of Venezuela's leader, China has ramped up its messaging, touting its governance model as a superior alternative to Western capitalism and representing a new path for developing countries to follow.

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Writing on Jan 8 in the People's Daily, the head of the ruling Communist Party’s International Department gave reasons why China’s development path and political system provide new answers for the world.

Mr Liu Haixing, who leads the agency in charge of outreach to foreign political parties, cited the “frequent systemic crises within capitalism” in arguing that the success of the Chinese model has enhanced the influence and appeal of socialism.

“The historical evolution and the competition between the two ideologies and social systems — socialism and capitalism — are undergoing a major shift on a global scale that increasingly favours socialism,” he wrote.

He argued that China’s rise has shattered what he calls the “Western-centric” logic that equates modernisation with Westernisation.