Whose China Model is it anyway? The contentious search for consensus

The BRICs, US ‘Decline’ and Global Transformations

“…It should also be noted that the idea of the Beijing Consensus has been treated with some scepticism within China itself (Kennedy 2010), and at more or less the same time that Ramo's views were published, the Communist Party Central Committee were actually questioning the development model in China (Breslin 2011b(Breslin : 1326. Moreover, there is intense debate within China between liberals critical of the continued dominant role of the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese new left critical of the degree of pro-market reform (Ferchen 2013). It is certainly the case that too often, western commentators exaggerate the degree of consensus that exists in China and often conflate the views of certain leaders with those of all of the Communist Party leadership.…”

The international implications of the Chinese model of development in the Global South: Asian Consensus as a network power

“…China need to support the extraordinary economic growth, the large infrastructure, and the new investments in restructuring Chinese state-owned companies (SOEs) 6 , whose model was the 6 For a good analysis of Chinese Companies restructuring, see Naughton (2010Naughton ( , 2007. big oil companies controlled by the government (Taylor 2009(Taylor , 2006Ferchen 2013). After 2008 economic crisis this trend deepens with the Chinese economic domestic stimulus program.…”

Why Has Leadership in the Asia–Pacific Proved So Elusive?

“…It is a nation that knows what it is against but not necessarily what it is for'. Even the so-called 'Beijing consensus' and the 'Chinese model of development' remain under-defined, very difficult to replicate, and concepts that the Chinese government itself appears to be ambivalent about the reluctant to promote as part of an explicit foreign policy agenda (Breslin 2013;Ferchen 2013). Indeed, some observers fear that China is 'is so wedded to the status quo that China will forestall important reforms that are desperately needed' (Kennedy 2012: 11).…”