You can recognize all of the above and have them not be socialist, it really isn't complicated. There's not much materially different between how Singapore runs their country than what China does.
The interlocking of state and economy with limited judicial oversight is an incredibly effective way to uplift an entire country.
There are a number reasons for the western left to view China favorably, but they don't really have much to do with them being socialist.
Hell, ask political leaders in China what they are and they'll tell you that they view themselves as a social democracy that arrived to that point but in the opposite direction.
You can recognize all of the above and have them not be socialist, it really isn't complicated. There's not much materially different between how Singapore runs their country than what China does.
The interlocking of state and economy with limited judicial oversight is an incredibly effective way to uplift an entire country.
There are a number reasons for the western left to view China favorably, but they don't really have much to do with them being socialist.
Hell, ask political leaders in China what they are and they'll tell you that they view themselves as a social democracy that arrived to that point but in the opposite direction.