Patterns in China's history provide valuable lessons on good governance

Global Times note: The last decade has been epic for China, particularly the last five years, which have been truly extraordinary. The country has successfully dealt with major challenges, including turbulent developments in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Covid-19 epidemic. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has laid out plans for the strategic missions and major measures in the next five years, getting the efforts to build a modern socialist country in all respects off to a good start.

In an interview with Global Times (GT) reporter Wang Wenwen, Alistair Michie, secretary general of the British East Asia Council and leading expert in public diplomacy and China issues, shared his views of what changes of China over the past 10 years impressed him the most and what are the lessons and inspirations of Chinese modernization for other developing countries.