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Q: Why does China claim to be a communist country?
Most parents have to pay for high school, universal medical does not exist (except for basics), the free market has been snowballing for 30 years, people can freely buy and sell homes (the bubble is about to explode) and the difference between rich, comfortable and working poor could not be more stark.
Tell me please, what makes this a communist country? Examples please.
Well Dude, you got my brain cells in overtime.
I have asked myself this question many times. In discussions with locals, they claim not to be communist, but socialist. Maybe it is a "modern" definition of comunism, or at least to me it is.
In many things China has evolved after Mao from a typical communist regime to somewhere between communism and capitalism. Left one already in many ways, has not fully become another in some ways.
Central Government still decides many things for all, has power over just about anything (just because you can own a store it does not mean it can be confiscated tomorrow), controls the military aparatus, banks, owns all the land, no "free elections for officials (select whomever the finger is pointed at), etc.
It is my opinion, again, that they have left the "communist train station", and are supposely moving towards "another" (maybe capitalism is not the correct word) socio-political system, but since still close to the beginning point, keep some of the old ways still. And where ever this train will stop, who knows ? I wish them luck.
thedude:
I agree with everything you said, but to me this just seems like an autocracy with socialist ideals (reminds me of post 1991 Russia). I think Canada is far more socialist, but a capitalist democracy as well.
rich45:
the modern Chinese political system reminds me more of Mexico's PRI party, wich preaty much rulled the country for 70 years up untill 2000. bascly one party rule. the new president was pickd by the old one. they even had a word for it. Dedaso wich kinda means point the finger. it was even called a perfect dictatorship by some guy i cant remember.
Yeah, I don't think it's a communist country either. I think it may still be called that because the word "communist" is in the ruling party's name, along with misinformation and sterotypes. I think since it used to be that way, it's easier to just keep calling it a communist country, rather than finding some complicated term that many people won't understand.
whats funnny is that they still teach the kids all the revolutionary red songs. you know the ones about poor peasenst rising and stuff.
To trick the peasants into allowing themselves to be exploited.
They have a big long complicated explination (sometimes they go through it on China Daily English editorials or whatever), basically saying that because China wasn't industrialized at the time of the takeover, the natural progression from capitalism to communism Marx described wasn't possible, so instead they're capitalizing in order to eventually communize. Also, they talk a lot about being flexible and reactive, saying that the Soviet Union's unbending attitude was its downfall.
Anyway, they've published volumes on this, trying to rectify their communism with the current state of affairs. I'm not really doing it justice but then again who cares anyway?
The explaination of why seems to be "Communism with Chinese Characterisitcs," which basically means, "we can do whatever we want to do and call it any damn thing we want."
