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"China has, to my knowledge, never claimed to be a communist country (though during the Great Leap Forward they claimed they were only a few years awa... Read more
Here's the answer to the question you asked: A communist country is one in which all social and economic activity and is controlled in a totalitar... Read more
Hi Zhen, yes, thank you for the clarification. Read more
Completely incorrect, particularly on the attempt to equate soviet style with Maoist socialism, and the failure to understand what communism actually... Read more
Bohan, You seem to be having fun on your soapbox, but for someone who posted as the top comment of this lesson that one "must understand marxism" y... Read more
I dont think they have crossed any lines here, just stating historical fact, not debating it. Now if they hold an open discussion of the Bo Xilai tri... Read more
China is what it is. I dont like the phrase communist China because it smacks of cold war propaganda. Today it is 中国特色社会主义 Read more
According to Wikipedia: A republic is literally a form of government in which affairs of state are a "public matter" (Latin: res publica), not the... Read more
China, under Mao, copied the Soviet Union's flag. They probably copied more things than that, if they copied the flag Read more