The first is ‘state competence’, a concern which has virtually disappeared from the Western agenda over the last 30 years in the face of the neo-liberal revolution and its overwhelming preoccupation with the market and privatization. A growing anti-state mentality has diverted and distracted attention from the need for a state that is competent and able to deliver. The second concerns the strategic capacity of the state, its ability to think and act in ways that address the long term. This is one of the great strengths of the Chinese state.
A role model
