Disputes about the Chinese Way

The article deals with disputes about the choice of the Chinese way of the development. The author outlines the semantic characteristics of three theoretical justifications for choosing the Chinese way, put forward by the outstanding Chinese Marxist Cheng Xianda: «Sinification of Marxism» – the socialist path with Chinese characteristics; «Confucianization» – the return to tradition through the reconstruction of Chinese socialism and the Chinese Communist Party; «Westernization» – the appeal to universal values. The article reveals that the Chinese way, along which the Chinese Communist Party leads the Chinese people, is not a copy of the Western way and model, and not just a template presented in classical Marxism, but a Chinese version of Marxism that contains deep Chinese experience.