why did the people's republic of china never collapse like

Because it wasn't/isn't really communist? If it weren't for Deng China would still probably be an unstable shithole. It also helps that coming out of several years of civil war and internal strife + Tiananmen Square nobody wants to try any sort of popular uprising.

>>1404172
Capitalism.

>>1404172
>quick version
It's not communist.

>long version
Chinese people+US support+Mao+Jews+existential threat of Japan+isolation+hated by lots of other countries

>>1404172
>>1404183/this

I didn't know that Cuba had fallen

Deng Xiaoping

cause people there need it also its too big to fail

>>1404172
chinese hive mentality

Mostly because it wasn't really communist, was reformed by the people instead of foreign intervention like many countries in western europe, and has gained the support of other superpowers because of their economic benefits

>>1404226
But it is a shithole

>>1405569
A high HDI shithole

Because its actually the national capitalist oligarchy of China.

>>1405580
A shit hole nonetheless

>>1404172
Because Deng Xiaoping asked Nixon and his buddies to bankroll them
>>1405580
>muh commie indicator