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Yes, absolutely. The economic clout gives them the confidence and means. That needs to be dealt with. Declaw!

Past 20-30 years as you said. Past performance is not a guarantee of future success. They don't have the same officials now as they did for the past few decades. Check out who the current ruler is and its background. This guy is a hardcore dictator who doesn't want to listen to any idea beside his own. And he's only got an elementary education. That's a recipe for failure.

There is a saying like this: if you want to see Tang dynasty, you go to Japan. Sung Dynasty you go to South Korea.

They will fail, but not without lots of damage to the world and themselves. All thanks to Xi Jinping's expansionist ambition.

Not just propping up autocratic regimes, but they also infiltrate democratic countries by providing funding/support to naive and/or corrupted politicians in the West.

Fluff to boost their stock price much the same way like "dot com".

What a world we live in! Each country gets its own version of alternative reality.

If they choose to be "obvious", they mean to show rather than hide it. It is a more aggressive tactic to bring others into the fold. There is no accident when it comes to these things for the communists. It serves as a warning shot.

Board of Director. The title of course is not called "Commissar", but they serve as a defacto one.

Some are public. Some hide their identities (but serve similar purpose). Secret ones usually are used in dealing with foreign entities (i.e. non-mainland). So you may not even know there is one except if you are in the top management.

It depends on whether the party considers your business useful to their rule or helpful in implementing their policies. For example, Wechat, Alipay, etc are all very useful.

Their policy is trickling down gradually.

They recently inserted Commissars into a list of Hong Kong real estate companies. So even non-mainland chinese companies are not immune.

It has been extensively used to describe the current situation - expansion of government's role in business and diminishing of private enterprises.

China would not hesitate to use your Chinese branch as a leverage to influence your business even in the US, e.g. Airlines, NBA, etc. Unless you are decoupled from China, you are not immune.

Not quite as aggressive as now. It is called "国进民退".