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Differences between Chinese and Western modernization

By Fabio Massimo Parenti

China is exerting an economic and financial impact on the world economic geography. Analyzing these dynamics allows us to understand why the statement that "the West is isolating itself" is not a provocation but a fundamental fact. China is the number one trading partner of more than 140 countries in the world, a condition that has unfolded since China began to flip the script in trade with the United States between 2006 and 2011. It is a path that continues and consolidates, because with a model centered on the people and their real well-being, China today still focuses on developing the real economy.