Part of the speech by Malaysian PM, Anwar Ibrahim at the Boao Forum in Hainan, China. He praised the "Socialism with Chinese Characteristics". And he agrees that development and governance must follow the unique circumstances of an individual country. From that value, he and the Malaysian government are introducing the 'Madani Concept' to create a humanistic nation that fits Malaysia's own historic and cultural circumstances.
Whatever we think about Anwar Ibrahim, he is talking to China, and others much more than the West. Even though he did have some involvements with the US NED, his core character is quite aligned with socialism. He has been fighting for the poor and race equality long before he got involved with the NED. He has this strange idea of a hybrid of Islam and socialism that he likes to campaign alot. Maybe one day if he succeeds in getting Malaysia out of its current rut, he could label his idea as "Socialism with Islamic characteristics". LOL.
For progressive Malaysians, PM Anwar is the fresh start that Malaysia needs to break out of the Mahathir shadow that has dominated Malaysian politics since independence. It’s a good start, but a long journey, because Mahathir's ideology is old, and still very strong amongst the majority Malay populace. It is Mahathir's racist Malay-supremacy ideology that dominates most of the anti-China crap in Malaysia. The Boba Wanwanese culture is still there, but its power is already starting to wane, and it can only affect a portion of the Malaysian Chinese minority. So it’s quite small in the grand scheme of things.
That, I think, demonstrates why the current panic that China is out to replace the U.S. is bogus. It in fact is not trying to convince other countries to follow its own form of government. What it does advocate is that each and every country must follow the form of governance best suited for itself and alternatives shouldn’t be force on people.
It is like Chinese versus Western view of dedollarization. Westerners think Yuan will replace the dollar whereas the Chinese think other currencies will replace the dollar.