Communism in China

Those in the U.S. and other Western countries are often wary of Communism in China and its effect of global politics.  They do not fully grasp what this actually means for the state and often allow their minds to run wild.  After years of a large, strong, and brutal Russian Soviet Union, looking at China in a similar way is natural.  If all nations are defined by the way their laws govern their people, then it might make sense that the old Soviet Union and modern China should be looked at in a similar way. To do so, however, is to look past the vast differences between the two powers’ styles of rule – Communism in China is much different than we might think.

Many in the U.S. can recall old grainy video sent from Communist states, which portrayed a very different kind of world from what they were used to.  They saw workers in factories that had been on duty for long period and women standing in lines for simple goods like bread and milk.  Americans were taught that the world of Communism wanted complete control and that if those in such states were not stopped that the entire world could turn as bad as those worst areas of Russia. Modern Communism in China is simply nothing like those videos people used to show.  In fact, the country’s economy is scarcely even ruled by the state anymore.

Images of Communism

Today, private enterprise is very common across China, with many people owning property and accumulating wealth.  There are still limits to this freedom – the state takes careful steps to plan the economy and keep it in a condition, which positively benefits the government and people alike.  However, to make the mistake of thinking Communism in China to be akin to that of the Soviet Union is incorrect.

China is a state unlike any in the past.  It rules itself in old Marxist ways while mixing in a bit of modern money sense.  China seems to have chosen a wholly new style of rule, one that brings freedom and limits together in order to create a lasting and, in time, fulfilling way to benefit the people and those in power at the same time.  This may seem strange to those in the West, but it is simply the way things are.  The old lines of right and wrong have vanished – today, the world is seen in shades of gray.