Chinese Scientific Socialism in Global Perspective: Geopolitical Implications for Latin America and the United States
Journal: Journal of Emerging Knowledge on Emerging Markets
Year: 2010

Western media tends to analyze the phrase "Socialism with Chinese characteristics" and its development manifestations along a continuum of capitalism, authoritarian or state to liberal, rather than analyzing the phenomenon and its parts from a socialist-communist model. A myopic analytical perspective fails to capture potentially new forms emanating from the scientific socialist prism and their local-to-global impact. This paper examines the term socialism within distinct historical contexts and