Comments by "Sciagurrato" (@sciagurrato1831) on "China's Grand Strategy for A New Order: Modernization" video.

You are unquestionably correct that China studied the industrialization process of the west and, in particular, Japan. Modernization in the west is really a process which is capitalist at heart — rewards to the few, who become fewer and fewer as wealth accumulates in the rentier class. This is unacceptable to the cultural and spiritual values of China. However, this unbridled greed has co-opted its neighbors who superficially adopted Confucian values but dropped them quickly when offered extreme material wealth. That’s why Japan, S Korea and Taiwan are in the situation they;are in. They are countries without fundamental human values.
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