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Editorial How will China ' s economic leadership change the face of the world ?

Will China as an economic power change the face of the world ? In other words , how will China ' s economic leadership influence the world ' s sociopolitical ecosystem ? It ' s a question that many don ' t ask themselves , but one that should nevertheless become a reality as we define a new era marked by the decline of Western discourse on the management system of society . In the West , they say that freedom is a cage of prosperity ; what about prosperity acquired in a strictly regulated system like China ' s ? e question sounds like an assertion , given that economic freedom is undoubtedly the monopoly of the strongest , and if hypercentralized states like China have succeeded in building strong economies , it would be dishonest to think that , conversely , it is freedom or rather the free market that has made the United States an economic hyperpower , when we know that in the history of the capitalist world economy , it is always the strongest who get richer at the expense of the poorest . e dollar ' s monopoly on world trade and the excessive regulatory presence of the Bretton Woods institutions have been the iron fist in the velvet gang of artificial freedom , which has largely favored the United States as the world ' s economic leader . If the United States , the champion of free enterprise , has succeeded for a century in dominating the world ' s economic debates , it has not always been because of absolute entrepreneurial freedom , but above all because of the strong hand of American international policy that has enabled the United States to prosper . Also , in geopolitical terms , the First and Second World Wars definitively established the United States as the pillar of the 20th century world .

Flashmag ! Issue 149 April 2024

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