# Quote — Keyu Jin, The New China Playbook

> Deng Xiaoping... once remarked that it does not matter whether a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice. He... put an end to the... debate about the superiority of socialism and capitalism...

- Author: [Keyu Jin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/keyu-jin.md)
- Book: [The New China Playbook](https://www.leafyquotes.com/keyu-jin/the-new-china-playbook.md)
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## More from this book

> ... indicates... 95 percent of Chinese... had... confidence in... government, compared to 33 percent in the US and 45 percent... in the rest of the world. As of 2022... 91 percent, compared to 39 percent in the US. ...[S]atisfaction levels tend to be lower for s.

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> China’s investment in ... 40 percent... of GDP... for a country... halfway through... urbanization... may not be high....

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> [T]he Chinese... try to balance obligation and deference with free will.

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