I would contend that China is currently more akin to a social democracy, but one under the control of a Communist Party. They are moving towards the construction of socialism, as indicated by their goals and their progress towards them, but are currently not explicitly socialist
They are moving towards the construction of socialism
I don't think they're doing that either. I give about 1 in 99999999999999 odds that they'll convert to communism in 2050 like it says in their constitution. It'll be changed.
No, their internal documents and plans essentially outline that they are currently taking steps to modernise their country, as well as mitigate the inequality inherent in accumulation, before beginning to transition to socialism, and they are on track for the first two.
For instance, they are taking active steps to raise people out of poverty, including providing reliable water, internet and electricity sources to rural areas, providing free hygiene education, general education, allocating doctors to these families, and moving people (who want it!) into furnished houses free of charge. Their poverty alleviation scheme has moved hundreds of millions of people away from poverty, to the extent that a huge majority of the nation's population is no longer in poverty. Poverty eradication was planned to be completed by the end of 2020 ish, and is on track to do so. Afterwards, their goal is to reduce/eliminate wealth inequality by 2035, so that they are able to move into a higher stage of socialism in 2050.
In terms of modernisation, I would say they are also on track for their Made in China 2025 goal, which involves shifting the Chinese economy away from low level manufacturing to high-fidelity tech manufacturing, which has manifested itself as the world leader in 5G and HSR.
I bring all this up to highlight both that the CPC actively works towards (and is successful in) fulfilling their goal of transitioning toward socialism. Socialism, as much as I want it to be, is not a switch to be turned on. It is a world historical process which brings with it contradictions to be addressed. Might goals be postponed? Yeah, but it's based on metrics, rather than wanting to delude the Chinese people or dogma. I think to disregard the resolution of these contradictions is rather dismissive of the 90 million members of the CPC.
Socialism, as much as I want it to be, is not a switch to be turned on. It is a world historical process which brings with it contradictions to be addressed.
See the thing is, for a while, they didn't need to have some sort of gradual transition to socialism because they actually achieved it under Mao. Under Deng and his successors they moved away from it. So I just won't buy the arguments that it's a gradual process because Russia didn't need to go through all that shit when it had its revolution, and China already did achieve socialism before Deng reversed history.
I would contend that China is currently more akin to a social democracy, but one under the control of a Communist Party. They are moving towards the construction of socialism, as indicated by their goals and their progress towards them, but are currently not explicitly socialist
I don't think they're doing that either. I give about 1 in 99999999999999 odds that they'll convert to communism in 2050 like it says in their constitution. It'll be changed.
No, their internal documents and plans essentially outline that they are currently taking steps to modernise their country, as well as mitigate the inequality inherent in accumulation, before beginning to transition to socialism, and they are on track for the first two.
For instance, they are taking active steps to raise people out of poverty, including providing reliable water, internet and electricity sources to rural areas, providing free hygiene education, general education, allocating doctors to these families, and moving people (who want it!) into furnished houses free of charge. Their poverty alleviation scheme has moved hundreds of millions of people away from poverty, to the extent that a huge majority of the nation's population is no longer in poverty. Poverty eradication was planned to be completed by the end of 2020 ish, and is on track to do so. Afterwards, their goal is to reduce/eliminate wealth inequality by 2035, so that they are able to move into a higher stage of socialism in 2050.
In terms of modernisation, I would say they are also on track for their Made in China 2025 goal, which involves shifting the Chinese economy away from low level manufacturing to high-fidelity tech manufacturing, which has manifested itself as the world leader in 5G and HSR.
I bring all this up to highlight both that the CPC actively works towards (and is successful in) fulfilling their goal of transitioning toward socialism. Socialism, as much as I want it to be, is not a switch to be turned on. It is a world historical process which brings with it contradictions to be addressed. Might goals be postponed? Yeah, but it's based on metrics, rather than wanting to delude the Chinese people or dogma. I think to disregard the resolution of these contradictions is rather dismissive of the 90 million members of the CPC.
See the thing is, for a while, they didn't need to have some sort of gradual transition to socialism because they actually achieved it under Mao. Under Deng and his successors they moved away from it. So I just won't buy the arguments that it's a gradual process because Russia didn't need to go through all that shit when it had its revolution, and China already did achieve socialism before Deng reversed history.