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History is an endless long river. People struggle for a better life. Looking from a long historical perspective, there is no doubt that the whole world is changing for the better. Almost 50 years have passed since the Second World War, and world history has taken an abrupt turn in the past few years. Many Western politicians, and some scholars also, call out in happy astonishment: Fall of Communism! But it is too early to draw such a conclusion. The dust of Soviet Union and Eastern Europe has not settled yet; China and some other socialist countries are still developing in their own historical way. Whether this is the final result of Communism is still an open question.
Lecture given at the Pomona College, USA, in 1995.
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Zhao, B. (2014). The Socialist Market Economy: An Important Breakthrough. In: To Build a Harmonious World. China Academic Library. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43853-4_3
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