Scope of 'Chinese model' too wide

China's development in the last three decades has been an enticing topic for the international community. Joshua Cooper Ramo, an expert on contemporary China, was a pioneer who summarized the reasons for China's economic success. He believed China had a developmental route that suited the conditions of the nation and the needs of society, and it sought fairness and growth of quality.

His "Beijing consensus" explanation cited hard work, active innovation, bold experimentation, incremental progress, accumulation of talent, and resolute defense of the national sovereignty and interests as the keys to success. "Commitment to innovation and constant experimentation" was the soul of his Beijing consensus theory that advocates dealing with problems in a flexible and case-by-case manner.

Many comments since then have extended the "Beijing consensus" to a "Chinese model", and many works on this theme have emerged. Those authors give different accounts of the so-called Chinese model from various perspectives. Many of them are fairly objective, but there are also malicious voices from ideologues who preach the platitude of the "China threat" and warn of the export of the Chinese model. In fact, neither the "Beijing consensus" nor the "Chinese model" is brought up by China.