The good thing is dissemination of articles like this across the Sinosphere unites the Chinese civilization in a way unimaginable to even the Chinese government. I am not a fan of the CPC, but I and many on this forum will endure and struggle with an intensity that surprises even ourselves in order to ensure the continued rise and flourishing of Chinese civilization, the west be damned.
The Communist Party of China (CPC) does an extremely great job uplifting over 800-850 million Chinese population out of poverty in 70 years (or even just 40 years if one counts from Deng Xiaoping's Modernization Program), unprecedented in mankind civilization. For Chinese people, the CPC is the MIRACULOUS GIFT for that nation, after being at its nadir, destroyed by the successive foreign invasions as of the 19th century onwards (Opium Wars; Treaty Ports; 8-Power Alliance Invasion, and so forth)! So great the CPC that it becomes the all-out target of the rapacious Empire and its minions in attempt to destabilize again the modern day China!
Share of world GDP throughout history
Since 1AD until today the world's changed quite a lot. But until 1700AD the balance of wealth hadn't. For the past two centuries the share of the world's GDP has shifted to the west to Europe through imperialism, and technological innovation. With the rise of China that's changing again and this infographic explores the story of balance and unbalance in the world economy courtesy of the data from the Maddison Project.
China had the HIGHEST SHARE of world GDP in 1820 CE at 33 percent; down to 17.1 percent in 1870 CE after the two OPIUM WARS (1839–1842 and 1856–1860) and the establishment of 62 "Treaty Ports" (1841-1941) under gunboat diplomacy… then kept on shrinking over decades to reach the LOWEST SHARE of 4.6 percent in 1950 CE, thus the above figure as the poorest country as found out in the research works of Prof. ANGUS MADDISON, a distinguished British economist specializing in quantitative macro economic history, including the measurement and analysis of economic growth and development.
1820 CE: China's portion of the World GDP = 33%
- Opium War #1 (1839–1842)
- Opium War #2 (1856–1860)
- 62 "Treaty Ports" (1841-1941)
- Signing of the Boxer Protocol in 1901 (unequal treaty; China was forced to pay 18,000 tons of fine silver, which is 10 billion dollars in today's value)
1870 CE: China's portion of the World GDP = 17.1%
1913 CE: China's portion of the World GDP = 8.8%
1950 CE: China's portion of the World GDP = 4.6%
“In 1949 the newly established People's Republic of China was the POOREST country in the world with a GDP of $439 per head compared with $619 in India and $852 in Africa” — Prof. ANGUS MADDISON 2001, page 264
And CHINA has GDP Nominal #2 since 2010 and GDP PPP #1 as of 2014!
I really don't see how can any other political system achieve such massive great outcomes in such short of time like the CPC is doing on China! And we only have two civilizations at this gigantic size, over 1,000,000,000 people, China and India. The conclusion is very clear and self-explanatory. I don't want anything from the Indian political system!
Me, born and grown up and living in some place in Asia that is also adopting the failed, ineffective and very costly political system of many political parties... we have a parliament as fanfare and crowded as the zoo, and whatever they may achieve, the cost is too high and the result is too small, I just see no future of such political system... and imagine this happens on a much smaller population cf. China.
I'll really love if my born country can have a political system as great and effective as the CPC ruling (well, just don't ask name, I prefer that way).
Well, spend some time to watch this video. It may help to gain some better understanding.
Watch this presentation in Scotland, explaining Chinese Meritocracy system vs the Corpotocracy ones in the Anglosphere.
Eric X. Li: A tale of two political systems :: with embedded Bilingual subtitles English & Chinese
