>>1004043>Modern China>CommunismNo, lad. I've been to China before.
The revolution is over, this isn't the 1960s, Mao is dead.
China's government is literally, LITERALLY, closer to National Socialism than to Communism. And that is a good thing.
Yes, there is central planning, but there is also free enterprise.
Yes, there is a free market but there is also protectionism.
Most Marxist thought today is just veneer. No one takes it seriously, even the Party.
Religious practice is now flourishing in China. The coffers of the Buddhist church are bursting.
Most Chinese law discriminates very heavily in favour of ethnic Chinese. Good luck becoming a citizen if you're a Caucasian/Arab/negro, etc. Unless you are a VIP (football player in China on a multi-million dollar contract, ambassador, have deep contacts with the party, billionaire investor, etc.) you will never get a long term residence permit, let alone become Chinese. Even if you get married to a local, spend 10 years living there, speak the language fluently, integrate, learn the customs. They won't care. And the local in the street will stare at you, call out 老外 and when you answer back he'll say, 哇!你的中国话太好了!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2_L71lFItk 