A great podcast episode that helps explain why China isn't socialist

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The Chinese Economy Demystified: The State Owned Enterprise - It Could Happen Here | iHeart

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/the-chinese-economy-demystified-the-state-117331540/

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It's common among anti-tankie leftists to claim that China is a state capitalist economy, but as Mia Wong explains, the "state" part of that phrase is debatable. China is arguably just another neoliberal country with a more complicated chain of ownership for its corporations.