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If the Guardian ever did criticise a communist country, like China, then not only would it alienate a good chunk of its readers
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[mod edit Rob C: personal comment removed] it must be a different Guardian that has criticised the Chinese government on Tibet, amongst others and published articles by the notorious comrades Michael Howard and David Aaronovich. It's quite possible for me to read the Grauniad one day and disagree with about half the articles in it. Anyway, it's often stuffed full of Blairites, and you can't call them left wing unless you're standing on the far right. Oh hang on...
Today's headlines with leftie commentary:
Met in trouble over shooting someone dead and then putting out misleading information - cast iron leftie material, except that the same story is plastered all over almost every paper, including yesterday's Mail.
Israel pulls settlers out of Gaza - there isn't a left-wing position here - you can't support the settlers (Zionist fanatics) or Sharon (right-wing warmonger) so the best you can do is report the facts. There's no mention of Palestinian reaction at all.
A-level passes up - points out that there's a problem because people are taking subjects they want to (like RE) rather than what industry would find useful (like science or languages). Siding with the capitalist boss man here?
I have a suspicion that the Guardian would alienate a lot of readers (or provoke stiff letters from retired vicars) if it produced a fawning article about the Chinese leadership. Now, the Times on the other hand...*
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I prefer to call a spade a spade
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I prefer to open my eyes and watch what's really going on, rather than worry about the minutiae of how the PRC organises its government (which, however you dress it up, is an authoritarian dictatorship - the rest is window dressing). It's how it organises its economy that interests me, as it's likely to affect the vast majority of the Earth's population.
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they are just allowing capitaism to exist in their country.
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Capitalism isn't just existing in their country - it's transforming it. It's a 180 degree about turn from the past, which is why I still contend that China is not a country run on communist lines. You surely don't deny that China is growing explosively at the moment, and I don't think you believe that communist society is the ideal economic base from which to grow so fast, but that's essentially what you're arguing if you maintain that China is a communist country.
*Rupert Murdoch once pulled BBC channels from his Asian satellite channels to appease the censors in Beijing. Is he a communist?