Defend China. How is it currently socialist?
Some things to respond to (the gatcha questions):
The rapid expansion of capital, foreign and local, and the reemergence of capital accumulation as a production goal in the end of the 20th century
The existence of megacorporations, especially private megacorporations such as tencent and foxconn
the state of labor rights in the aforementioned megacorporations, and the state of labor rights in the industrial sector as a whole
The repression of marxist and leftist protest and critique of the current state of the system
The apparent lack of repression of non-leftist critique (I could easily be convinced that this is just because they're amplified by American media)
The great firewall (I could be convinced this is protectionism to avoid Western silicon valley capitalism's supremacy on the internet)
The social credit system
idk i guess talk about the Uyghurs if you want, but I don't really want that to become the entire discussion, as it has a tendency to be, so if you talk about that, don't make it the entirety of your defense or attack
and let's try to keep this relatively civil? Like, a random post and argument between some leftists on the internet isn't actually going to like, collapse china's rising economic and political power into nothing. We can't actually do shit about china, good or not, so try not to make this a flame war?
Google 'Xi Jinping anti corruption committee surpasses power of supreme court'. Also look at what the state news focuses on when they talk about Xinjiang: they talk about materialist benefits as a way to fight terrorism. That's an interesting development and signals their idealized views.
Xi also recently nationalized a 100 billion net worth financial empire.
Xi has also been known to be a 'by the books' Communist for his entire political career. He would bring up standards common during Maoist and Stalinist eras and invoke them regularly even when they had fallen out of common use.