It was dedicated to the growth of its economy

Mid-1980s, the superior economic performance of the Germany from the France were the direct result of the strategic choices made by the Germany for many analysts. It was not a power nuclear and its military, faithful ally of America, it was not itself independent response capacity. It was dedicated to the growth of its economy.

China is not the Germany and the United States are not the France, but proportionally, the strength of China stems from the fact that it continues almost obsessive way, a single and unique objective. The pursuit of economic growth is the key the legitimacy and perhaps the survival of the regime. China sees the latest developments in the United States both internally on the external plan of the defeat of the Democratic Party in the State of Massachusetts to the futility of America and its allies in Afghanistan as a confirmation of the correctness of its choice. For it, democracy leads to paralysis and a major international responsibility to the dispersion of efforts. And what about his reading of the evolution of the European Union Of after it, surely, if the Europeans took seriously the ambitions they post they would have new more "charismatic" leaders at the head of the new functions created by the Treaty of Lisbon.

To Beijing, to continue to make progress on the economic front, it must at all costs maintain the status quo on the political level, even start an arm of iron with Google and the United States on the issue of access to the Internet. There are of Guizot among China's leaders: "Enrich yourselves and for the remainder trust us." A joke is sometimes worth all analyses to summarize a situation. It which was reported to me by a Taiwan Chinese, it seems, is very popular in China. "In 1949, socialism has saved China." In 1979, capitalism has saved China. In 2009, China saved capitalism.

The eyes of Taiwanese on the evolution of mainland China is this enlightening perspective. They are shared between apprehension and pride. Like the rest of Asia, they ask how to "balance" China, a question which is nagging Tokyo to Singapore to New Delhi and presupposes the maintenance of America as "Asian power."

But the Chinese of Taiwan are not only concerned about the preservation of their "democratic originality", they are most proud of the economic success of mainland China, that they attribute to the choice of capitalism, but capitalism is not an import from the West, but a deep reality of culture Chinese. They go so far as to defend the military spending of Beijing. China, in history, has always had large armies, but, except for the period of Mongolian emperors, she had no tradition of military expansion. Why would it be otherwise today China has nothing to do with the Germany of Guillaume II!

Balance or contain China today is not only economic or strategic significance, but also has an ideological dimension. The relative decline of the West China and the irresistible rise of power Chinese Asia pose the problem of attractiveness if the universalism of the Western democratic model. A few weeks ago a far-reaching symbolic event has occurred. The Director of an Institute for research on the life sciences at Princeton University has decided to abandon the extraordinary facilities available in America to accept an offer of its country of origin, China. "I can make the difference over there more than here", he simply explained to justify its decision. In other words its deep culture prevailed on its political culture of adoption. If many Chinese that have been successful in the West confirm this choice, America and Europe have to worry. Chinese challenge, we simply need to be better, much better.