It is imperative to understand power structure and history of China that shapes its present and future. It has been asserted that China is not a nation state, like most of the countries in the West, but rather, it is a civilized state, which is interpreted as an evolving country in a certain dimension, and it is its history facilitates that evolution.
The argument that the state/power structure and perspective of power and state distinct China from the rest of the countries, is valid, which helps us understand how China intends to use its economic growth and societal progress as an instrument of foreign policy. The strength, which it has attained from the remarkable growth in the last three decades (around 10%/year), has allowed it exert influence in various manners on Asian countries. However, it is also quite apparent that the modus operandi, of China, is quite different, as it has a very distinct modus Vivendi. With the time, Chinese influence of sphere in the region would grow; however, the method to influence regional and the world would be quite different.
It is not very difficult to understand that country’s policies are not shaped by interests and resources that they have to realize their strategic objectives, but also through states’ perspectives. For instance, the Chinese understanding of power and influence is apparently different from Western countries, which is why it will employ distinct strategies, instruments, and methods to realize its objectives. By the study, of Chinese history, we also learn that it embedded in the national conscience that power must be used wisely.
The argument that markets structure of capitalism (curbed) would not be able to transform China into something similar to western state is also valid, as evidence, in the form of state and market structure suggests that privatization has little impact on state structure in China.