"...doing far better than under their former party dictatorships..." Not trying to split hairs or anything, but China is "...under their former party dictators

"...doing far better than under their former party dictatorships..." Not trying to split hairs or anything, but China is "...under their former party dictatorship..." It's the same party, the only difference is that the leaders today are mostly trained engineers and scientists instead of the mainly political thinkers who preceded them.