[aquila48]

China is not Communist - communism #1 rule is “no private property or businesses “. China has more private ownership and businesses than we do.

China is a single party, nationalist dictatorship.

[dfwgator]

China is not Communist - communism #1 rule is “no private property or businesses “. China has more private ownership and businesses than we do.

It's "Private" as long as you do the government's bidding....that's called "Fascism.'

[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

China has more private ownership and businesses than we do.

It merely proves that capitalism and communism can merrily coexist. The greediest and most amoral capitalists are the communist capitalists.

[driftless2]

Yes.

[Jacob Kell]

Actually, Marxist ideology has stages of development-true Communism, or the Communism state of development is a classless utopia where the state “withers away”. No “Communist” nation ever reached that level. All of them would say that they were really at the *Socialist* state of development. If you remember the old Soviet Union, you’d know that it’s full name was the Union of Soviet *Socialist* Republics. It’s not uncommon for Socialist countries to have mixed economies. Look at Nazi Germany, for instance, or for more Marxist versions, Tito’s Yugoslavia or even the Soviet Union under Lenin’s New Economic Policy.

[Trumpinator]

China is not Communist - communism #1 rule is “no private property or businesses “. China has more private ownership and businesses than we do. China is a single party, nationalist dictatorship. Pretty much. The Chinese realized sooner than the USSR that communism did not work after Mao's famine and purges. The communist party of China realized this and sought to transform to a market economy. But the party bosses did not want to lose power so instead of dissolving the communist party or changing its name - they kept the name and the status but downplayed the communism. The rulers of China have no ideology anymore other than to rule China and also to keep the Chinese economy growing because they fear unrest and overthrow. There is also a sense in China from what happened a 100 years ago that if there is no strong central authority China becomes a collection of war lord ruled states.

[Jacob Kell]

care to comment on this thread, Olog?