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May 2022
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WHY HAS CHINA EMBRACEMENT OF CAPITALISM ...

DAVID NISHIMOTO
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With regard to the question of why China embraced capitalism, it is important to note that in Mao’s time, the Soviet Union and China were allies Mao’s China was a communist country, but it was still very much in the midst of a revolution China saw the Soviet Union as a revolutionary ally, and Mao had always been an admirer of Joseph Stalin, who was the leade ... Show More
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