The chart you listed is for the years before the CCP won the civil war in 1949. But agreed that many of the problems overcome were also problems that were created after the war.
Japan controlled much more of China than the communists did before 1945. And having half your country occupied is bad for GDP. You made a mistake and believed some propaganda here.
Retric|23 days ago
Starting at 1949 is overly generous IMO, but yes the purges that followed didn’t help.
woooooo|23 days ago