The biggest saboteur of the Chinese economy was Mao.
If you're going to pin this on the west, then pin it on Rousseau, not (say) Adam Smith.
If you're going to pin this on the west, then pin it on Rousseau, not (say) Adam Smith.
To fully understand China's economic path, you would at least need to study the economic terrain/decisions/outcomes starting in the 1750s-1800s.