A large part of the reason being the state controlled, "transmission belt, " trade unions in the PRC, no?
See new issue of Workers Liberty, put out by the UK Alliance for Workers Liberty, a constituent org. of the Socialist Alliance. "China and Independent Working Class Politics, " by Paul Hampton, pgs. 43-59. Not up on their website yet, but copies available at Borders if y'all don't have a left bookstore around.
Doug, btw, gets cited in another piece on catastrophism by Bruce Robinson, pg. 144.
Other articles in this issue, Hal Draper on the Myth of Lenin's Revolutionary Defensivism and a polemical piece on the UK SWP's pro-Milosevic stance. Too long too summarize but, apposite anecdote, Alex Callinicos shouting at a SWP member at the Marxism 99 SWP summer school, "Running Dog of Imperialism!" Michael Pugliese