China IS communist in name only

Last time, I talked about why we should not call China communist anymore. It seems that Foreign Policy magazine does not agree with me.

It says "If Vladimir Lenin were reincarnated in 21st-century Beijing and managed to avert his eyes from the city's glittering skyscrapers and conspicuous consumption, he would instantly recognize in the ruling Chinese Communist Party a replica of the system he designed nearly a century ago for the victors of the Bolshevik Revolution."

True, but maybe Signor Mussolini, Chiang Kai-Shek or even Herr Hitler can also recognize this system as a replica of theirs. Foreign Policy argues that the party controls personnel, propaganda and military. But that is the case for most dictatorship, and even a lot of autocratic regime.

I believe communism has two key parts: political and economic. Losing its economic nature, the communist (or socialism) system is not there. If the strict central planning system with collectivization in the rural part is not used anymore, China is hardly different from many non-communist regimes in the world. Thank about it, Foreign Policy.