In a recent interview with Xinhua, Clark said China has achieved a lot in its own development – lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, the fast rise of a middle class, the development of cities in an orderly way, among others.

“So I would say to use the term that China has been a very proactive developmental state,” she said. “The policy of the state is development…This has been the driving cause of the Chinese leadership, and that determination and that drive has got incredible results.”

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