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China - Yellow Lion - The historical cycle of rise and fall of civilizations

Frans Vandenbosch - Jin Yuxuan
Belgium - China
2023
Chinese are an ancient people who have kept their identity for centuries while being conquered by foreigners and foreign ideologies. They now have an opportunity to share leadership for a peaceful and prosperous world.

_ 1. More democracy. More and deeper, refined democracy, throughout all levels of society.

2. The subsidiarity principle with checks & balances, rigorously applied at all levels. The ‘cycle of separation of powers’, the lessons from China’s history.

How China Perfects the Art of Checks and Balances: Qin Hui on the Cyclicity of Chinese History Belief in inherent human evil leads to exploitation of self-interest, checks and balances, and autocracy oscillation and autonomy, a historical perspective that is still relevant today.

The combination of these two answers, the lessons learned from history and the study of the rise and fall of various civilizations and Chinese dynasties, guarantee the growth of Chinese prosperity for centuries to come.