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u/ToastedStoner · 13 pointsr/HongKong

Officially, they espouse state atheism, however, that have allowed them to prosecute practitioners of the religious/spiritual practice Falun Gong for promoting superstition and social unrest in the population.

They then decided to start harvesting their organs to profit from their genocide rather than pay for it.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1PrBwDoQVzA

https://www.chinaorganharvest.org/

Fascism in China takes a more direct approach in regards to eliminating an undesired cultural identity. They start tearing down it's religious, educational and general support infrastructure. This includes nurseries, schools and mosques.

https://www.npr.org/2019/09/26/763356996/afraid-we-will-become-the-next-xinjiang-chinas-hui-muslims-face-crackdown?t=1572281364941

China actively censor all negative news regarding their country and its past. Furthermore, the author Howard W. French argues in his book "Everything Under the Heavens: How the Past Helps Shape China's Push for Global Power" that "the old imperial worldview in which China was the central civilization of Asia while its neighbors, who lived in its cultural and military shadow, paid tribute and acknowledged its superiority in exchange for trade. It was a position China held in the past through a mixture of bullying and benevolence, and Mr. French suggests that it once again underlies China’s ambitions for the future." (Wall Street Journal Article by Stephen R. Platt, Updated March 24, 2017)

Personally, I believe it also explains why they have been so aggressive towards more independent territories such Tibet, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Xinjiang.

https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Under-Heavens-Chinas-Global/dp/0385353324

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-chip-on-chinas-shoulder-1490388803

China has ALWAYS had a rather severe social hierarchy. This article from Foreign Policy argues that there today exist nine tiers of well defined social classes in China: https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/04/25/chinas-new-class-hierarchy-a-guide/

Additionally, strong nationalism and general racism is rampant in China. (Not going to source that. A quick search on your search engine of choice should do the trick)

*So, yes, I think we can conclude that they do have all of that.