{"id":241877,"date":"2023-03-27T11:37:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T11:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/?post_type=snippet&#038;p=241877"},"modified":"2023-03-28T13:50:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T13:50:49","slug":"communist-china-youre-kidding-right","status":"publish","type":"snippet","link":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/snippet\/communist-china-youre-kidding-right\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Communist&#8217; China \u2013 you&#8217;re kidding, right?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just in case you believe China is &#8216;communist&#8217;, let President Xi and co&#8217;s online mouthpiece, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202303\/1286764.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global Times<\/a>, put you straight.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s their recent editorial, no doubt a response to US government attempts to \u2018decouple\u2019 US capital from China: &#8216;Private enterprises and foreign companies in China can be at ease, explore and develop the Chinese market without any concerns. And the rewards will be generous.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>What are these generous rewards? The profit extracted from the unpaid labour of Chinese workers, of course. There is no other source.<\/p>\n<p>More info on how the profit system works <a href=\"https:\/\/mail2web.com\/cgi-bin\/redir.asp?lid=0&amp;newsite=https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/socialist-standard\/2010s\/2019\/no-1375-march-2019\/cooking-the-books-what-are-normal-profits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-241877","snippet","type-snippet","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/snippet\/241877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/snippet"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/snippet"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}