Let us place a brief emphasis on China's past foreign policy regarding political and economic reforms; which, note, contributes to both domestic and international disputes.
Post Mao Zedong (1976), founder of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP 1949) he unlike the current political system, absolutely detested western ideologies. Mao resented any form of bourgeoise or capitalistic tendencies. He sought a strict nonmaterialistic, very closed market economy. Mao was very supportive of Marxist-Leninism (emphasis on Leninism) & Stalinism.
Thus, he was a public figure not praised for bringing about economic success for his country; he failed to do so. Rather, he was praised for maintaining and establishing political unity amongst the nation by defeating the nationalist (KMT). China under the authority of Mao was economically ruinous.
According to political scientist, Graham Allison TED Talks after the death of Mao Zedong in 1978, it was projected it was projected an estimate of 90 percent of Chinese citizens lived below the extreme poverty line. Fast-forward 40 years to 2018, studies showed that 99 percent of Chinese citizens are now living above extreme poverty.
Deng Xiaoping (1978-1992) former leader of PRC was a post-Maoist leader whom did not favor any Maoist political ideologies. Rather, he imposed the opening of global markets establishing new reforms and economic foreign policies.
China remains an aspiring communistic power that of which holds a very centralized authoritative power: Currently, under the lifelong term limit Chinese President Xi Jinping, he too is aspiring hefty goals regarding China's place in the global economy.
It is not difficult to wonder if perhaps capitalistic tendencies are becoming alluring to the central government of Mainland China. For it was not only the ideologies that China held which allowed for its economic dominance — rather, it was the material (developmental) structure fashioned by policies which caused changes to the conditions of the state and therefore the reality of modern China.
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