A lot of American writers and even academics who should know better immediately reach for "communism" when describing China as if there weren't over 2000 years

A lot of American writers and even academics who should know better immediately reach for "communism" when describing China as if there weren't over 2000 years of confucian governing philosophy established before Marx was even born. The author of this piece even quotes Xi's harping on "harmonious society" and still goes on about communism as if it's the dominant ideology at play.