Memes

since the USSR was a historical failure and Marxists claim China isn’t actually Communist but Capitalist

Both of those claims are false.

• Capitalism doesn't work (USSR acheivements at the bottom)
• Is China capitalist?

This short video on obstacles to the China path in Latin America gets into exactly what we're talking about, the abolition of the rent-seeking parasitic sector of the economy that the Chinese revolution abolished.