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{{Infobox_location|title = China|image = 1920px-Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg.png|imagecaption = The Flag of China, the red represents the communist revolution; the five stars and their relationship represent the unity of the Chinese people under the leadership of the Communist Party of China|location = Eastern Asia|inhabitants = 1,403,500,365 people|map = China.png|mapcaption = Land controlled by the state of China shown in dark green; claimed but uncontrolled land shown in light green.}}'''China''', officially the '''People's Republic of China''' is a large authoritarian [[Capitalism|capitalist]] or [[Authoritarian Socialism|authoritarian socialist]] [[List of States|state]], claiming much of the geographic region of Eastern Asia and several outlying islands, it is near the states of [[Russia]], [[Mongolia]], [[North Korea]], [[South Korea]], [[Japan]], [[Taiwan]], the [[Philippines]], [[Vietnam]], [[Laos]], [[Myanmar]], [[India]], [[Bhutan]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Tajikistan]], [[Kyrgyzstan]] and [[Kazakhstan]].

== Positives and Negatives ==
''This discussion is really hard to be had because of the presence of propaganda in both pro and anti-China discourses. We try to use objective information that neither side could deny.''

=== Positives ===
* According to the World Bank, more than 850 million Chinese people have been lifted out of extreme poverty; China's poverty rate fell from 88 percent in 1981 to 0.7 percent in 2015, as measured by the percentage of people living on the equivalent of US$1.90 or less per day in 2011 purchasing price parity terms.<ref>https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/china/overview#3</ref>

=== Negatives ===
* China has a pretty bad record on foreign policy.
**  From 1974, China (along with the USA) supported Eritrean ML rebels against [[Socialist Ethiopia]].<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eritrean_War_of_Independence</ref>
**  In 1975, China (with the USA and France) provided material support for anti-communist rebels in the [[Angolan Civil War]] that tried to overthrow the [[Socialist Angola|socialist government]].<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angolan_Civil_War</ref>
**  China tried to invade Vietnam in 1979, RIGHT after Vietnam had suffered brutally at the hands at the USA in the Vietnam War. Border skirmishes continued until 1991 where relations were normalised.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Vietnamese_conflicts,_1979%E2%80%931991</ref>
**  China, along with the USA and UK, also supported Pol Pot as they waged a war against Vietnam and [[socialist Cambodia]].<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian%E2%80%93Vietnamese_War</ref>
**  China ended support for the Communist Party of the Philippines [[Communist Insurgency in the Philippines|in their insurgency]] in 1976 as part of its normalisation of relations with the Philippines.<ref>http://www.peri.umass.edu/fileadmin/pdf/Philippines2.pdf</ref>
**  Since 1992, China has been closely cooperative with [[Israel]] on military matters.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China–Israel_relations</ref><ref>http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-07/05/c_137303278.htm</ref>
**  Since 2002, China has been selling weapons to the Taliban in Afghanistan.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6975934.stm</ref>
**  Since 2003, China has supported the government of Sudan whilst carrying out [[Arabophobia|anti-Arab]] ethnic cleansing and mass rape.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Darfur</ref>
**  In 2005, China sent military aid to Nepal to help them fight the Maoist rebels.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4469508.stm</ref>
**  In the 2010s, Chinese state-owned companies invested in gas pipelines in Canada over indigenous lands without the consent of indigenous people, leading to protests.<ref>https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/wet-suwet-en-coastal-gaslink-pipeline-1.5448363</ref>

== Major Social Struggles ==
* 1920: [[Guangzhou Commune]]
* 1929: [[Shinmin Autonomous Zone]]
* 2007 - 2014: [[Chinese Protest Wave (2007 - 2013)|Chinese Protest Wave]]
**  2007: [[Xiamen Anti-Factory Campaign (2007)|Xiamen Anti-Factory Campaign]]
**  2008: [[Chengdu Stroll (2008)|Chengdu Stroll]]
**  2009: Guangzhou Anti-Landfill Campaign
**  2010: [[Chinese Honda Strike (2010)|Chinese Honda Strike]]
**  2010: Tibetan Student Movement
**  2011: [[Shanghai Truck Drivers' Strike (2011)|Shanghai Truck Drivers' Strike]]
** 2011: [[Haining Anti-Pollution Campaign (2011)|Haining Anti-Pollution Campaign]]
** 2011: [[Dalian Anti-Factory Campaign (2011)|Dalian Anti-Factory Campaign]]
** 2011: Tibetan Food Boycott
** 2011: Wukan Land Defense
** 2012: [[Ningbo Anti-Refinery Campaign (2012)|Ningbo Anti-Refinery Campaign]]
** 2012: [[Qidong Pipeline Campaign (2012)|Qidong Anti-Pipeline Campaign]]
** 2012: [[Shifang Anti-Factory Campaign (2012)|Shifang Anti-Factory Campaign]]
** 2013: Unchain The Truth
** 2014: [[Shenzhen Golf Factory Strike (2014)|Shenzhen Golf Factory Strike]]

== References ==
[[Category:Libertarian Socialist Wiki]]
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[[Category:Authoritarian Socialism]]
[[Category:Authortarian States]]