As many of you probably know, "'Socialism' with Chinese Characteristics" is the current Party line of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). As most of us can quite easily tell, China isn't a socialist economy. So, "why is UMN making this thread?", you may ask yourself. Well, my topic isn't necessarily about the economic state of China, but more a question over whether we can trust the CCP. Now, the finer points of the Socialism with Chinese Characteristics doctrine say that the current phase (the "Market Socialist" phase) is simply for the goal of modernizing China, as China didn't go through the process of capitalism to reach the point of being ready for proper socialism. The problem most (including myself) see with this is that the CCP has yet to give us solid evidence that they will make good on their promise of a socialist China anytime soon, beyond their word that, by 2049, China will be fully ready for socialism. So, can we trust them?
Personally, I am quite skeptical of them, but I am also hesitant to burn all bridges with them until they have actually completely failed to deliver, assuming I will be alive when such either happens or doesn't happen. It would just be a bit awkward to have spent one's whole life relentlessly criticizing them, then see them make good on their promise. So, I suppose I'm somewhere in-between.