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[lemma=of | word=introduction] [word="Chinese-style"] □
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The regime allowed more than two million Koreans to starve to death before taking small and unconvincing steps in the direction of Chinese-style rural economic reforms . The success of China 's transformation into a manufacturing powerhouse has allowed Beijing to dismiss criticism of the downside of Chinese-style economic reform : a dismal environmental record , a repressive political climate and the breakdown of the country 's health-care system . Instead , the United States is now the biggest marketplace for exports from Vietnam , which began abandoning a failed centralized economy two decades ago in favor of Chinese-style capitalist market reforms . After communism collapsed there , they turned to doi moi , or a homegrown version of Chinese-style socialist market economy . Beijing will much prefer a gradual change in North Korea , largely on Chinese terms , to include the introduction of Chinese-style economic and political reforms ; the stabilization of North-South relations ; and the eventual reconciliation of a stable , non-nuclear Korea within China 's sphere of influence .