why is china still communist?

Question

1.5 billion people live under communism we were led to believe that the reds under the bed are the bad guys how can any regime hold so many people intact . could it be that maybe these people like the system that they live under

Answer 1

The short answer is that China is still communist because that's the system that works best for them. There are several brands of communism. Despite what many people believe, all communists are not the same. China's brand of communism is not the same as Russia's brand of communism was.
What is really going to be interesting is to see what happens now that China is becoming a capitalistic country (just take a look at where most of the goods you buy are produced) and with what is happening inside China itself.
In Beijing, for example, ten years ago the bicycle was the main way of getting around. When we were there, it was hard to believe the number of bikes we saw, and the number of people and the amount of goods that could be piled on one Pigeon (the trade name of China's most popular bike). Now that the economy is allowing personal wealth, there is a great deal of interest in private motor vehicles. Just think for a moment of the impact that will have! Unless they jump directly into a non-fossil fuel technology, you will have the potential for a billion more cars spewing fumes into the atmosphere, a screaming world wide shortage of gas and oil, and incredible traffic jams in the major cities.
Ah, yes. We live in interesting times!

Answer 2

It's still communist because the people aren't involved in the process. It's not like they have an election every year and ask the people to vote on whether or not they should continue to be communist. And China has quite a large military, so the people will do whatever the government tells them to do. On the other hand, it's possible that many Chinese are comfortable in their communist society. But how would we know? There's no free press, so we have no idea what the people think. Plus, China is a lot less Communist now that it was 20 or 30 years ago. As they join the global community - and economy - they keep making subtle, but real, adjustments.

Answer 3

The Chinese style of communism is proving to be very successful, and the Chinese are mostly happy about it. China has adopted a hybrid free-trade, privatization policy with that political communism. But they have allowed for private enterprise, and a decentralized planned communist economy has been thrown out the window.

This started in the 1980's, and China has moved from a backwards peasant nation, to an economic power rivaling that of the USA. Also, for a nation of over 1 billion people, you may need a little bit of a tighter grip, than you'de need for a nation of say 300 million like the USA.

Answer 4

Communism is just a facade for a dictatorship, in China, Cuba, or anywhere else. Russia was communistic far longer than China has been. As long as the masses of people don't suffer too much, they tend to be sheep, and not try to change the order of things. In Russia, they threw off one paternalistic power structure (the royalty) for another (the Communist party). Other than that, nothing really changed.

The same is true in China. China was only beginning to play with democracy when Mao came to power. The ruling elite in China today are only slightly less affluent than the Emperors of the past.

As long as the government keeps the people reasonably fed, and keeps their hopes for a better tomorrow alive, there is little chance they will try to change anything.

Human inertia is a terrible force to overcome.

Answer 5

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So, there's no chinese people anywhere bar China???
Have you ever been out of your bedroom in your whole life???
You muppet!!

Onto the question
Communism in the west has always been viewed as subversive and anti establishment but in China it is seen as a way of life.
Communism there is a belief in the value of the community or conmmune, Self help running alongside group responsibility.
In the major cities, this is now on the wane and are experiencing a shift to major commerce and all that goes with it.
Its not too long ago, that if someone came of age and didn't have a job then one was created for him/her so they didn't feel left out.
His wage could be seen as being only the same as dole money but at least they felt that they gad earned it . They're big on self respect also.

Chris

Answer 6

Actually it has more to do with racism than liking the system imposed on them (which is why they've had so many riots, I mean uncontrolled incidents) China is home to more than 40 different ethnicities, but coincidentally only one ethnicity controls all positions of power and all upper party members are of this ethnicity.

Answer 7

Actually I think its more like 3 billion now isn't it? And you have to recognize their army is proably 20% of that...1/5 in the military...military people follow orders and speaking out for democracy and capitalism is not really encouraged there. My guess is if you do it enough they put a bullet in the back of your head and harvest your organs. (probably for some rich dude in Japan)

Answer 8

Its not. Its a dictatorial Capitalist state, which uses 'Communism' to verify police state measures..no sharing of wealth, no communal demopcracy...its certainly not a Marxian Communism.

Answer 9

because their system works now, in a few years time their system will just collapse, as workers will discover they have rights and more people will be educated.

Answer 10

Its a totalitarian state but its not communist.