What were the material differences such that the USSR was able to use central planning to develop their economy into a superpower, while the Chinese economy struggled to alleviate poverty without seeking foreign investment?
(I get that the question presupposes legitimacy of the Deng reforms and I am too much of an ignoramus to argue one or the other, so if you think the question is a fundamentally incorrect one I'm interested to know why too)
Could you explain that? From where?
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Would the Soviet Economy look more like China today if it had kept the NEP?
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One example of the top of my dome is that during some of the big famines after the revolution there was a large aid movement from the West. I can try and find a source.
Edit: here’s the food charity I was thinking of