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ELI5: If Communism promotes social equality, why is there such a big poverty gap in China?

Recently learning about different economic systems and this question came to mind.
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The People's Republic of China has been most communist in name only.  It is communist only in the sense of how the political party functions, and has had no responsibility to redistribute wealth since the 1990's. China has a capitalist economy that is state-driven, as opposed to the market-driven economies of the West.