In my view China is capitalist. It combines imperialist and semi-colonial
features:
http://links.org.au/capitalism-workers-struggle-china
"China's economy is now essentially capitalist, as indicated by the
privatisation of the bulk of the means of production, and the conversion of
labor
Here my (quite different) point of view on the matter (published in Italian as
part of a book, and in German as annex to Marxistische Blätter, N.2/2020)
And here is an essay which I wrote recently and which critically
discusses this viewpoint (i.e. denying that China has become
imperialist). It has been published in English and Spanish.
Unable to See the Wood for the Trees,
https://www.thecommunists.net/theory/pts-ft-and-chinese-imperialism/
I share an article I wrote, with a different view about China
https://www.leftvoice.org/the-contours-of-capitalism-in-china
On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 6:27 PM Louis Proyect wrote:
> I don't think Richard would object to me posting this:
>
> Dear Louis,
>
> Thanks for sending me those two pieces. I
I don't think Richard would object to me posting this:
Dear Louis,
Thanks for sending me those two pieces. I would object however that just
because Chinese SOEs have sold so-called ‘shares’ on the NYSE does not
make them capitalist. First, as I explained, they are not privately
owned,
To: marxmail@groups.io
Subject: Re: [marxmail] Why China Isn’t Capitalist
On 9/6/20 5:01 PM, Richard Modiano wrote:
"China’s state-owned 'corporations' are not profit maximizers per se like, say,
Singapore’s state-capitalist Temasek and similar sovereign wealth funds.
They’re happy to make money
