Leaving aside that Marx didn't actually have much to say about Communism and that he didn't believe in his own rhetoric about "workers of the world unite", because he despized the lumpenproletariat and actually saw Capitalism as the true revolutionary force, he would not be the least surprized about China.
In his day Russia roughly equates with China in recent times ... and he said that Russia was the last place to expect Communism, because it wasn't sufficiently industrialized (you'll have to read Marx if you don't take my word on what he wrote and said).
And he was right ... forget the popular labellings, the USSR was actually a fascist state, hint NAZI is the acronym for "National Socialist". It was a military-industrial complex and 'socialism' just didn't figure. You have to look to countries more like Sweden to find something approximating socialism, or liberalism and egalitarianism are equally good words - but no room here to explain.
In any case if Marx was alive today he would not be surprized about China ... and please don't confuse Maoism (or Leninism) with Marxism - even Marx wasn't a "Marxist" and point-blank refused to join nascent 'socialist' and 'communist' movements - read the "Manifesto" carefully, it is full of contradictions, but also powerful insights. His main strength was in analyzing Capitalism - try reading "Capital" (Das Kapital) and some Engels wouldn't go amiss.
Whatever: China would not surprize Marx (word limit reached).
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