Why are the chinese communist?

in #society5 years ago (edited)

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Communism is an ideology that covers social, political and economic sphere of human life. Its aim is to replace private property with the public property and removal of profit-based economy. According to its doctrine means of production (like land, labor, minerals, mines and other natural resources etc.) and resources should be owned by the state only and individual ownership must not be allowed. In fact, communism is the violent form of socialism in many ways.

Karl Marx was the main proponent of communism. He and Friedrich Engels prepared the “communist manifesto”. According to them the working class or “proletariat” must stand up against the capitalist owners, or “bourgeoisie”. They advocated for a new society with no private property, no economic classes and no profits. It attracted many intellectual and bona fide people all around the world who were concerned of the plight of the labors, farmers and poor people and were passionate to change the exploiting system prevailing all around the world. Many people saw ideologies of Marxism and anarchism as the panacea which could have removed all the sufferings of human life. 

Doctrine of communism also attracted Chinese people. The success of Bolshevik revolution in Russia amazed their leaders Li Dazhao and Mao Zedong. The Communist Party of China was formed in 1921 and its leader Mao led a revolution and defeated the Kuomintang party in 1949 and China became a communist country. However, in 1950 Mao didn’t find traditional Marxism-Leninism attractive and developed Maoism, the Chinese interpretation of communism. 

After Mao’s death in 1976, ideals of communism altered dramatically under Deng Xiaoping, who brought the concept of market socialism. Now, China has a unique form of governance. Its economic structure is not different from that of capitalism but the political system is still based on the doctrine of communism. People can have private property there but government controls every sphere of the activities of the citizens. Dictatorship of the Communist Party of China is not challengeable there. Many people outside China argue that the Communist Party of China follows no ideology. According to them the party organization works pragmatically and works in the direction which keeps its authority intact. Though, the party takes this as the West’s false allegation against China to malign tits image.

China’s constitution of 1982 provides many civil rights like free speech, press, worship, the right to trial, and the right to own private property to the people but this is not being practice as the communist system mainly depends on a totalitarian government. People protest there again and again for implementing democratic system and demands for more rights but the government crushes all such efforts. One such pro-democratic movement of 1989, which is known as Tiananmen Square protest or the June Fourth Incident was trampled by the government with the help of the army. 

People of China aspire for the democracy but the ruling party and the army there can never allow people to have such a system. There is very strict censorship within the country and the stance of the government towards its neighbors is also hostile. So, the Chinese people are bound to be communists as they have no other choice. 

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