Wow, I really appreciate the effort that went into your response. I know very little beyond the basics about China/Chinese economy, and I do appreciate your critical eye towards it as well as tying it directly to theory. I feel like a lot of opinions I see are either that China is a perfect (almost) socialist utopia, or China bad lol. When I have some time I will try to remember to go through your sources.

Since you seem pretty well versed, do you know of any sources I can read up that touch on China being an imperialist country? I have seen that critique but I also have not seen any kind of in depth analysis either supporting or refuting it.