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China Is Not Communist! It Is Capitalist.
Chinese companies are not state owned and the free market reigns. You have to pay for health care in china. People only call it communist to discredit communism. Someone say what makes china communist.
 truespud  05 Oct 2008 18:03
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China is probably the fastest growing economy and also one of the biggest, if not the biggest, manufacturer in the world. The gulf between rich and poor now mirrors that of the west, if not more so. They have shown that a capitalist economy doesn’t need to be run by a democratic government.
 
 Evileye  05 Oct 2008 20:39
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 Most capitalist economies are not run by democratic governments; the middle east for exampl(Saudi Arabia) and many of the ex soviet states cannot be considered democratic.
Are our governments in the west really that democratic?
by  truespud
 05 Oct 2008 20:53
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Lets start with facts.

1) The Communist Party of China has been the ruling 'party' in government since 1949.
2) There is a Central Committee that determines the course of the economy (read: Planned economy).
3) Their government ideology is that the laws and decisions are created from the "people's concentrated will," code for whatever the Communist Party declares is in the State's best interest.
4) The goal of the Communist Party of China is to work toward the establishment of a true Communist country.

I would suggest that if it looks like a Communist country, sounds like a Communist country, and says it is a Communist country, who are you to argue that it is not a Communist country?
 
 achmed  05 Oct 2008 22:23
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We have this debate all the time, perhaps china is becoming capitalist, but couldn't you claim the fact that they are moving towards capitalism as opposed to remaining communist shows that communism is un workable in reality, free market seems the natural approach, And yes most of the western countries are capitalist democracy's despite what your opinion of USA is rob they are elected and the free market reigns... Simple
 
 Easy_uk  05 Oct 2008 21:25
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 "couldn't you claim the fact that..."

You could, but that would be a completely different debate.

Also, surely since you state "the fact that they are moving towards capitalism as opposed to remaining communist," should you not have posted in agreement with truespud?
by  wrong
 05 Oct 2008 21:31
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They, and the rest of the world (except you) call them communist.
 
 Hermione82  05 Oct 2008 20:19
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 What makes China communist, not just authoritarian.
by  truespud
 05 Oct 2008 20:38
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I am going to diagree, merly because i feel padantic, and it really annoys me that you think the idea of having to pay for healthcare makes it capatilst or communist. Not all countries can have the NHS.
 
 hecker  05 Oct 2008 20:16
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 Free provision of healthcare and other social commodities is the bedrock of socialist and communist governments.
by  truespud
 05 Oct 2008 20:36
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I don't really think we need to call China a communist state to discredit communism. We already have Stalin.
 
 Kirsty08  05 Oct 2008 20:07
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