The authors and their team have conducted meticulous examination of the decision-making process of China's leadership.
What fascinates them includes the top-down and then bottom-up bilateral approach and the pilot programs that epitomize the phrase "crossing the river by feeling the stones".
They understand why Chinese leaders do not pay much attention to outside carping.
"The CEO of a healthy, profitable company is not very vulnerable. Results dampen criticism. The more the new Chinese system evolves and the stronger its outlines become, the less vulnerable the political leadership will feel."
At this level, China does not divert much from a typical Western democracy. But the authors regret that the Western press, which "criticizes China so self-righteously and condescendingly", are oblivious to the "cosmopolitanism and savoir-vivre of some top-ranking Chinese politicians".
Not only do they scrutinize the current situation through a corporate lens, but they also evaluate its history and why it acted in certain ways: "For some time China acted no differently from an enterprise in crisis. When a company is rundown and on the brink of collapse, it cannot afford to vote on how to get out of the mess.
"Decisions have to be made quickly and with the long term in view. Survival of the company has to take priority over individuals' interests and benefits."
The Naisbitts do not build their arguments on the foundation of Chinese ideology. They do not subvert values held dear in the West. What they do is move closer to the Chinese perspective, the "Chinese context" as they name it.
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