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> I'd like to know when was China actually Socialist. China has been socialist since the communists won the Chinese civil war in 1949. China employs capitalis
by crazydoggers 5y ago
> I'd like to know when was China actually Socialist.
China has been socialist since the communists won the Chinese civil war in 1949.
China employs capitalist methods in order to further its productive capabilities in order to complete it socialist revolution. Ultimately the Chinese communist party has full and final control of all property. In other words Chinese “capitalism” does not entail private property rights as are guarded in constitutions in other countries.
Educational material:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism_with_Chinese_characteristics https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism_with_Chinese_chara...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Revolution https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Revolution
https://www.learningfromchina.net/why-china-is-a-socialist-country-chinas-theory-is-in-line-with-marx-but-not-stalin/ https://www.learningfromchina.net/why-china-is-a-socialist-c...
- bulgr0z 5y agoEurope's socialism (for example) is very different from the Chinese one and does not suppress its citizen's private property rights. The generalization you made about socialism is not accurate outside China.
- crazydoggers 5y agoWhile Chinese communism is different than European, they both stem from Marxist socialism. Private property rights are only for the good of the state. What laws exist, are for the good of the socialist system, and can be amended by the communist party at any time. Chinese courts do not have the power of judicial review and cannot invalidate a statute on the grounds that it violates the constitution... ie China is a totalitarian system. “Private property” in China is for the benefit of the state. The basic tenant of Chinese government... “From each according to their ability, to each according to his needs” means redistribution is always in the hands of the state. READ the educational material!
- Lutger 5y agoYou didn't actually respond to the comment. Both stemming from Marxism doesn't somehow make them magically the same, as you seem to be implying. Again, China's 'socialism' is very different nearly all variations found in Western Democracies.
- crazydoggers 5y agoI’m not implying they are the same. I’m saying it’s still socialism. Private property under China is fundamentally different. The communist party can redistribute it any time. You can’t sue the Chinese government to get your property back, as they can amend any laws at will. So it being different than European communism doesn’t meant it’s not socialism.
- verall 5y agoSocialism != totalitarianism yet you keep saying this. China is socialist under their own definition of socialism. Yet they have heard the siren song and have been steadily marching closer to a state-aided crony capitalist system that resembles Russia's current system, but much better managed.
- crazydoggers 5y ago> Socialism != totalitarianism yet you keep saying this. When did I say that? I never did. China is Socialist AND Totalitarian. > China is socialist under their own definition of socialism "Socialism: a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole." And PLEASE read this before replying: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism_with_Chinese_characteristics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism_with_Chinese_charact...
- hippari 5y agoThat's just a propaganda of the CCP to hide the fact that Communism has failed their people and now they need to adopt a certain degree of Capitalism with free market to boost the economy. Same thing with the Vietnamese, an attempt to rebrand their Communism.
- crazydoggers 5y agoActually the propaganda is that China is just a capitalist democratic country that is no longer socialist. From the article: > in July 2011 President Hu Jintao stressed that ‘China is still in the primary stage of socialism and will remain so for a long time to come’ (Xinhua, 2011) China is very very interested in progressing the socialist and finally communist agenda. Believing otherwise is ignorance. Show me the equivalent of the 5th amendment in Chinese law protecting private property rights. And please don’t forget... Chinese courts do not have the power of judicial review and cannot invalidate a statute on the grounds that it violates the constitution... ie China is a totalitarian system. And READ the educational material before commenting!
- irrational 5y agoYou keep using that word Socialism, but I don’t think it means what you think it means. If you want to let ok at true socialism, look to Scandinavia. China might call what they are doing socialism, but come on, they could call it anything they want and it would still be whatever they want it to be.
- j16sdiz 5y agoThat's what they claims, but not what they do. This is the amendment you asked for: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/mar/16/china https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/mar/16/china
- crazydoggers 5y agoAgain, there’s no judicial review. If you take the communist government to court because they violated the law, the court can’t make the government do anything. The laws are only to promote production to increase the country's productive output. At any time the government can strip you of your property and redistribute it... which HAS happened numerous times already, without recourse, not appropriate compensation. How can you possibly argue that faux property laws mean the country is not socialist?? The sooner the wider community accepts that China is a totalitarian regime with a long term communist agenda, the sooner we can stop allowing them to take advantage of the international community. Property theft, land and sea right violation... corporate espionage. All are part of the official Chinese communist party aims. > Yet China’s courts cannot invoke the constitution in rulings, so such a change will offer limited legal protection to peasants https://www.cfr.org/blog/chinas-retrograde-rural-land-policies https://www.cfr.org/blog/chinas-retrograde-rural-land-polici... How China’s Legal System Enables Intellectual Property Theft https://thediplomat.com/2020/11/how-chinas-legal-system-enables-intellectual-property-theft/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/11/how-chinas-legal-system-enab... Human Rights Practices: China https://www.state.gov/reports/2020-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/china/ https://www.state.gov/reports/2020-country-reports-on-human-...