I totally agreed! Not an easy task for China --- The US has long been there as "the winner" since World War II on various dimensions including ideology, theories, economy, innovation, and more. These aspects help the US to be at the advantage side and will continue to be while China has to work very hard in order to achieve what the US does. It is not an easy task for China, especially during today world as it has to build and compete with not only the US but also many other rising stars, including Australia, Japan, Korea (ROK), etc. The foreign public has been persuaded that the capitalist, the US, is the good actor and role model despite of uncertainty if it is practical in its context. However, it's not the end of the story. Working hard with good strategy might work and is the hope for newcomer.

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