Genuine question so please don’t hate on me. It seems to me that china now is more of a mixed market than a planned economy. Billionaires and class disparities definitely still exist in China and it seems like american communists almost romanticize china while ignoring obvious flaws in its system, only because they (rightfully) hate america and america hates China. China also supplies all of the world’s exploitative corporations with the vast majority of their goods. While China is probably better than the capitalist economies of the west, I don’t understand why a lot of people seem to hold it in the same regard as the USSR.
idk... the thing is is you gotta compare it to where it was 10 years prior, and the 10 years prior, and so on. the day mao took power china was on the same level as africa. destitute, destroyed, and minimal industry. now they are where they are. its a dramatic leap in quality of life. the fact its taking so long is simply because china still hasnt finished modernization. that stuff takes time.
without the communist party, china would be seen as a backwater, like many parts of africa and south asia are