Steven, the problem I see in your argument is that it relinquishes the possibility that it can be said anything meaningful about the social basis of any socioeconomic formation (contry). Of course, no country can be exclusively analysed resorting to the concepts of a mode of production, we can always recognize elements of different modes of production. This is even more true for China. But, what is the nature of the changes of the last decades? How far have they gone? These questions can be asked and responded to. It is not enough to say that there is capitalism and there is also socialism. The ruling regime has had a crucial role in the restoration of capitalist relations of production in China. This restoration has impacted the whole order of social relations in China; they are indeed complex and "hybrid" but even within state owned enterprises, turned to big corporations with shareholders, we can observe the impact of the capitalist transformations within China. The foundations of the Chinese state are not immune to the effects of these transformations either.
I share one of the articles I wrote about this question some time ago https://www.leftvoice.org/the-contours-of-capitalism-in-china/ > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#29670): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/29670 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/105142448/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
