> Never has a country build itself into a super power in so little time.
Stalin took the USSR from an pre-industrial economy to an industrial superpower in a couple of decades.
I do not consider either Stalin or the USSR an exemplar, but many people said very similar things about the Soviet Union, as you are saying about China, but I don't think history has validated the idea it was an exemplar.
China is different. It's success has been around a lot longer then the USSR and it's growth is one that is not comparable. The rate of GDP growth is unpresendented not just in recent history... But in human history.
Stalin took the USSR from an pre-industrial economy to an industrial superpower in a couple of decades.
I do not consider either Stalin or the USSR an exemplar, but many people said very similar things about the Soviet Union, as you are saying about China, but I don't think history has validated the idea it was an exemplar.