Consider modern China. Economically and even socially it is very different from the society that Mao Zedong established. Yes, the Communist Party of China retains power with an iron-fist, but it is arguably communist in name only, not really in practice. Mao appears to be someone that the Chinese political establishment pays lip-service to. In practice, the CPC accepts capitalism to run the economy, and indeed, the party has billionaires among its members. I think the CPC very carefully studied the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the reforms it made, and the eventual collapse of the USSR, and really wanted to avoid making the same mistakes (from their point of view at least, as I think many others in the world would be happy to see the demise of the CPC).
Another thing that is a bit ironic, while the Communist Party of China defeated Chinese nationalists in a civil war, they seem quite happy to promote Chinese nationalism among the people.
It is clear that if China had never liberalized their economy, the country likely would have remained dirt-poor and not been the global power that it is today. Yet in order to do so, the CPC tacitly abandoned Maoist policies. What would the chairman think of modern China and his successors in the CPC?
Another thing that is a bit ironic, while the Communist Party of China defeated Chinese nationalists in a civil war, they seem quite happy to promote Chinese nationalism among the people.
It is clear that if China had never liberalized their economy, the country likely would have remained dirt-poor and not been the global power that it is today. Yet in order to do so, the CPC tacitly abandoned Maoist policies. What would the chairman think of modern China and his successors in the CPC?