China’s future model deliberated within the CCP

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CCP Party elders are quietly deliberating what China’s governance might look like in the post–Xi Jinping era. The models drawing the most interest are Vietnam and Singapore. While both Vietnam and China are nominally communist states, Vietnam has moved ahead in terms of political reform and personal freedom. Singapore, on the other hand, left a lasting impression on Deng Xiaoping during his 1978 visit—he famously ordered Chinese officials to study its political system closely.
Now, as China faces mounting internal pressure and global headwinds, the question is back on the table: Could the Vietnamese or Singaporean model guide China’s next chapter?

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