Try to make a better life for the people

Two questions have always popped up when I do interviews with the US media. In what way has Communist rule in China over the past 70 years been a success? And, strategically what is China's intention?

To put it simple, the economic prosperity and social stability in China is good proof that what the Communist Party is doing in China works well for the country, and the nation's foremost strategic intention is for its people to have a better life.

But it takes an understanding of Chinese history to get a full appreciation of the answers. The five millennia of Chinese civilization have endowed today's China with the cultural DNA tracing as far back as the teachings and the values developed and disseminated by Confucius and other wise men.