Chen Shaobo, President of Hong Kong Zhengsi Research Institute, refutes the so-called "China squeeze theory" in the West

China News Service, Shenzhen, September 6 (Reporter Guo Jun Suo Youwei) "You don't follow the Western model to say 'China squeezes'? This is actually a cognitive operation in a sense!" Chen Shaobo, president of the Hong Kong Zhengsi Research Institute, said on the 5th during the Asia-Pacific Media High-end Forum in response to the outside world's "China squeeze theory."

On that day, the Asia-Pacific Media High-end Forum was held in Shenzhen, Guangdong. Media professionals and experts from various countries and regions in the Asia-Pacific gathered together to discuss the promotion of mutual benefit and win-win cooperation among media in the Asia-Pacific region. In the "In-depth Dialogue" session that afternoon, many Chinese and foreign guests refuted the so-called "China Squeeze Theory" in the West.

In-depth conversation scene. Photo by China News Service reporter Suo Youwei

"Through think tanks issuing reports, the media will hype them, and then you will respond, which actually puts you at a disadvantage in the right to speak. This is cognitive operation." Chen Shaobo said that this is precisely the key reason why we want to promote the entire Asia-Pacific media dialogue and build the narrative of an Asia-Pacific community with a shared future. "To a certain extent, if you spend too much time refuting them, you will not have your own argument. So, in a sense, we need to build an open, innovative, and cooperative China ourselves."

Chen Shaobo said that since the beginning of this year, China's import growth has exceeded exports, and China's current overseas investment model is also changing. It not only exports capital, but also exports technology to solve local employment, including investment and construction of local public facilities. All of these have promoted the co-construction, sharing and common development of the "Belt and Road".

"Every country has the right to choose its own development path, whether it is to prioritize the development of the labor market, capital market or other aspects." Sheikh Tawfiq Moyazemul Haq, director of the Institute of South Asian Policy and Governance at North South University in Bangladesh, believes that China's economy is huge, and the economic scale itself will change the country's development logic. Its development momentum should be multi-dimensional and compound. Forcibly applying one analytical framework is tantamount to trying to find a sword in the boat.

"The Western development model should not be regarded as the only economic path, and China does not claim that its path is a universal standard. Therefore, there is a fundamental deviation in the direction of the current discussion on this issue." He said. (over)