I wasn't aware of this, but it's sort of irrelevant considering it hasn't been for a very long time.

Thank you for posting this well sourced reply. I'm sorry that you're being downvoted. Libs have an aneurysm anytime someone challenges their current world view. Socialism with Chinese Characteristics is on my to read least and I may just have to start reading it tonight.

I can also do a search for "building collapse" and cherrypick articles that appear to support my claim, but random individual instances do not prove a systemic issue. The part of the article that you quoted is an unsubstantiated claim without any backing evidence or sources.

Believing Chinese fairytales and demand sources.

This isn't an argument. Thank you for proving my point.

You people are amazing.

Aaawwweee! Thaaaanks! ☺️

Are you saying that this is the case? What are your sources?

You underestimate the allure imperialism has on capital owners.

That was called "shock therapy". That's not what's happening here.

Lots of liberals on here parroting the "should have gotten out when they had the chance" line. In reality, the threat of capital flight is largely a myth. Sure, you can maybe escape with much of your finance capital, but you can't take the factories and the worker who fill them with you.

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This one breaks twitch for me. It doesn't let me unmute.

Very nice! Thanks for this!

They're not. They're S&O companies with tech.

Thanks for the sources! Here's another one that I read the other day and found pretty insightful https://www.sinification.com/p/why-chinese-democracy-is-better-than