"For a long time it looked as if China would gradually move towards the liberal, open market economies of the West by integrating into the world economy and reshaping its economic system. This theory of convergence is no longer tenable," the paper stated.
It added: "The Chinese model of an economy marked by substantial state control thus enters into systemic competition with liberal market economies."
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