Hi Mick
Communism only exists when all are supremely poor or supremacy rich and there are still a few very poor countries od which China is not one
So what is China, as an ex communistic state it has used capitalism to advance because under communism there can be only a very limited improvement
As to the Marxist system they do not qualify in that regard either as the State still controls the people owned capitalist portion so that means the State controls everything as a Dictatorship
The problem with that their original system was also a form of dictatorship, so any change has to retain the dictatorship part, which becomes a difficult balancing trick
Look at the Hong Kong situation which they are continuing to make a mess of because they demand that a free flowing capitalistic system be controlled by a dictatorship which restricts that free movement which they do not understand
It is the nature of things that when you get two virtual dictatorships they will fight in any way they can
The USA do not want to lose any of their trade benefits and money so they fight, now that China has grown and become richer they are doing the same thing, fighting and expanding their land and trading ability
It's all about mine is bigger than yours, nothing more nothing less
As to Australia it lost the plot many years ago when China started to grow in that we had stuff they had to have and so we should have made ourselves as neutral between the big two and forged our own path from a position of power
It is almost too late for that as within five years China will no longer need our stuff so will just shut us down from their block
Naturally it is no difference what color tie they wear or what flag they wave, NONE OF THEM represent the people they are supposed to represent so we the people have NO SAY in any of the regimes
