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ue_ · 2017-09-20 12:35:11+00:00

This isn't driven by Communist ideology; if it were, we'd see a return back to Mao's vaguely Marxist policy, not a continuation of Deng; the Chinese are fine with capitalists.

kjkjadksj | karma 3171 | avg karma 1.24 · | 2023-07-02 11:28:19

They did drop maoism. China practices state run capitalism now.

SauciestGNU | karma 1195 | avg karma 2.21 · | 2017-12-07 14:45:25+00:00

China abandoned communism with Deng Xiaoping's reforms. They are fiercely capitalist, with strong authoritarian political structure.

coreblocks | karma 13 | avg karma 0.35 · | 2020-08-13 15:00:28+00:00

The Chinese economy is hardly communist at this stage, it's a mix of socialism and state sponsored capitalism.

LorenPechtel | karma 2537 | avg karma 1.09 · | 2020-04-05 15:53:40+00:00

China isn't communist anymore.

PathfinderBot | karma 64 | avg karma 3.2 · | 2024-02-25 18:34:15

China's not communist anymore.

fortuna86 | karma 137 | avg karma 0.26 · | 2022-06-20 22:45:17

And they say China isn't capitalist.

frgtpsswrdlame | karma 5852 | avg karma 2.93 · | 2017-12-07 14:41:03+00:00

Modern China isn't communist.

noobermin | karma 14622 | avg karma 3.06 · | 2017-09-10 20:46:27

China isn't really a communist country at all, it is much closer to state capitalism.

_Codemonkeyism | karma 3311 | avg karma 2.13 · | 2018-10-10 15:05:24+00:00

China is not pushing countries to become 'communist' states.

_Codemonkeyism | karma 3311 | avg karma 2.13 · | 2018-10-11 13:07:51+00:00

China is not pushing countries to become 'communist' states.

emteycz | karma 1565 | avg karma 0.67 · | 2021-01-30 04:56:10

That would make China not capitalistic, which is obviously wrong.

paulryanrogers | karma 9107 | avg karma 1.68 · | 2024-03-18 03:46:01

Is China not a capitalist country? It does not appear to be a heavily planned economy, at least not in the past few decades.

JuliusPullo | karma 21 | avg karma 0.42 · | 2020-12-08 16:49:01+00:00

China's is still full communist, but some tightly government-controlled capitalism has been allowed.

wil421 | karma 8837 | avg karma 2.06 · | 2021-07-14 18:56:35

China isn’t considered capitalist but if I were Chinese I’d have a positive outlook on the economic outlook of my Country, CCP issues aside.

mseebach | karma 17895 | avg karma 3.47 · | 2010-01-02 20:04:13+00:00

> Also, the present leadership of China has no real desire to denounce capitalism.

Not directly, but the more the people can be led to believe that the current state of wealth is due to the glorious policies of their benevolent leaders, the better. This column serves that purpose nicely.

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tonyedgecombe | karma 14463 | avg karma 1.72 · | 2019-11-09 16:37:19

I'm not sure I'd call China far left, autocratic certainly but they have embraced capitalism.

7speter | karma 710 | avg karma 1.15 · | 2022-08-12 13:17:08

Well the chinese are communists and not profit driven, what more could you ask for? (Hard /s)

lostconfused | karma 49 | avg karma 1.2 · | 2019-05-22 05:57:32+00:00

Ok fair enough. What is it about China that makes it explicitly not capitalist?

Since it's absolutely not communism, what makes it absolutely not a capitalist economy?

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ETHisso2017 | karma 781 | avg karma 2.98 · | 2019-07-27 01:09:27+00:00

China is not Communist, but it remains Leninist.