Chinese socialism worthy of genuine respect (3)

At the same time, China is ready to learn from other countries. The late leader Deng Xiaoping, the architect of the country's reform and opening-up policy, said socialism should be enriched by all the achievements of human civilization in a bid to gain comparative advantage over capitalism.

Addressing the 18th CPC National Congress, Hu said, "We should respect diversity of civilizations and development paths, respect and safeguard the rights of all peoples to independently choose their social system and development path, learn from others to make up for our shortcomings, and advance human civilization."

Like different methods leading to the same correct answer in math, both capitalism and socialism attempt to achieve an ideal society that can be shared by all human beings. It is still too soon to judge which system is better at achieving this goal.

China has no reason to abandon a path proven workable by history and suitable to its conditions in order to turn to a path that has already failed the Chinese people. Let China follow its own way and let the rest of the world genuinely respect China for pursuing its own unique path.

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