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[–] [email protected] 41 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I’ve read things such as interviews from former Chinese citizens saying that Google was banned, and on their search engine the tiennamen square never existed.

So what? They banned google as protectionism, this way their infant tech sector didn't have to compete with an already established monopoly. Now China has their own alternatives to all these google services, and the profits of these industries don't go to the West but stay in China. Plus the infrastructure is in China so it's not a security risk.

Also, how is China becoming more communist? The government getting profits from wage-slavery isn’t becoming more communist, it’s becoming the center of capitalism. Even if the government weren’t making direct profits from wage-labor, they still make profits from things like taxes and corporations buying land. When the government is making profits from capitalism, they won’t go socialist.

China is in an early stage of socialism, with a primary goal of developing the productive forces. They have introduced market elements into their economy in a controlled manner to accelerate their development of the productive forces. Taxes don't banish into politicians pockets, financial paradises or into the MIC like in the west, it goes into development.

Communism is a stage of development, you can't just push a button and become communist, it is a process that takes decades of work and correct policy to build.