Re: China?
Socialism in practice works great. Without it we would not be able to afford the meds my partner takes daily or the operations she's had to correct her medical issues, I would not have gone to university and would probably not have a job in IT.
Socialism is not communism and before you say it doesn't work you should look at the UK and Europe where socialism provides a fairer, more compassionate society than the temple of capitalism and rampant consumerism than the USA.