I was thinking about China’s increasing consumer culture, and it led me to do a bit of reading to find out whether or not people still regard China as truly communist. With all its market reforms, I wondered what makes it socialist, communist or “not-capitalist”. Although no-one seems to be able to give a particularly clear answer, and there doesn’t seem to be much of a consensus on the issue, I did find a couple of interesting articles on the Marxist-leaning Monthly Review website.

The “Introduction: China and Socialism” (2004) article is here. “Rethinking ‘Capitalist Restoration’ in China” (2005) is here.

Posted Wednesday, February 14th, 2007 @ 10:52 am
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