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China

Airfix said:
It's a country governed by communist dictatorship.

Democracy is non existent.
Free speech is a criminal offence.
Millions of Uighurs are incarcerated for no other reason than being Muslim.

And the western world uses it as a sweatshop.
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Except for the word "Communist" I agree with everything you say. Oh, the ruling party still calls itself "Communist" but there is damn little Marxist doctrine in their current economic policies.
 
dudalb said:
Except for the word "Communist" I agree with everything you say. Oh, the ruling party still calls itself "Communist" but there is damn little Marxist doctrine in their current economic policies.
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There are still strong elements of a command economy in place, but the integration between government and private, for profit business and the expectation of strong nationalism in the private sector is more reminiscent of Fascism than Marxism.

From the wiki page on the economics of Fascism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics_of_fascism

In general, fascist governments exercised control over private property, but they did not nationalize it.[7] Scholars also noted that big business developed an increasingly close partnership with the Italian Fascist and German fascist governments. Business leaders supported the government's political and military goals. In exchange, the government pursued economic policies that maximized the profits of its business allies
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lomiller said:
There are still strong elements of a command economy in place, but the integration between government and private, for profit business and the expectation of strong nationalism in the private sector is more reminiscent of Fascism than Marxism.

From the wiki page on the economics of Fascism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics_of_fascism
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I agree about a strong element of command ecomony, but still the CHinese Government has strayed very far from Marxist doctrine. Its; still CINO....Communist In Name Only.
 
At this point, China's system of government seems pretty much textbook fascist. A certain amount of "private" enterprise is allowed, so long as it happens under state supervision and conforms to the will of the state. And they seem to keep stumbling into fuhrerprinzip for some reason.
 
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theprestige said:
Or can they? How long can China afford a strong naval presence?
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I can remember in the 80s when the same sort of people were sure Japan was going to become a dominant global power, then the wheels came off when all the bad loans and cooked books came to light. I wouldn't be surprised to find out there are similar issues in China, the CCP is just better able to paper over the cracks.
 
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