Hong Kong has made it to oppressive communism, so that’s going to be interesting to watch going forward (or backwards?).

Yes for sure. From China, to free markets, back to China. I think we’re already seeing the effects on Hong Kong. No so great.

While it might not have been communist, Korea certainly was oppressive when it built the chaebols which did involve a fair bit of government management.

Also re: Taiwan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Terror_(Taiwan)

>if the measure is number of people lifted out of poverty, China wins hands down.

>Check your perspective.

>All did it in the 1980s - 40 years ago. All did it without oppressive communism.

Japan industrialized long before 1980 and all the countries listed have miniscule populations compared to China. The only country you can really attempt to compare to China's scale is India but good luck landing the same poverty alleviation conclusions.

Good luck finding examples of successful communism.