> Was China ever really a communist state? There are few if any states that actually consider themselves to be communist. China considers itself a socialist st

> Was China ever really a communist state? There are few if any states that actually consider themselves to be communist. China considers itself a socialist state that is the middle of a long process of transitioning to communism. The ruling party is named the Communist party because of what its stated end-goal for governance is, not because of their current methods of governance.