[pydry]

>Are the policies that worked in Asia even serious contenders for implementation in America?

No. The US prioritises corporate profit over everything else - even to the point of sacrificing its hegemony.

China just wants to be powerful.

China realized a long time ago that that is the American achilles heel and exploited it by creating long term economic dependency on them in exhange for short term profit.

[wesleyfsmith]

Wow, really well said. I think that's the clearest way I've heard this idea expressed on the US v China competition

[minikites]

China is doing the Marshall Plan in Africa. We in USA can't even improve our own country, let alone another nation.

[bennysomething]

China implemented capitalism. This lifted millions out of poverty. Capitalism is profit driven. I'm not sure what you mean.