It transitioned from a partnership with the Soviet Union in the Communist bloc, to a role as a rogue nation of Maoist political zealots who sought total isolation from the developed nations of the international community. In the post-Mao years, China quickly became a reformist socialist society that waivered between ideology and pragmatism. That quickly led to a commitment to economic development under the auspices of a politically autocratic state – all of this under the control of a political party that in 2010 calls itself "communist" but that encourages millionaires to join...

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