Thoughts on playing communist china

I'm currently doing a game as communist China and I've got to say it feels accurate, like starting in a complete backwater it really feels like you have a pheasant army, I invaded two of my neighbours at the start but my army was obviously very weak, the fight against Japan was basically what the communist Chinese did, I would send a force to one region then launch a small offensive and kill a few divisions, until they were weak enough that I could overwhelm them, then do the old paradrop Japanese nice and easy.

I found it very fun because it was quite a challenge and it didn't feel overpowered which I often do when playing some nations, I only got powerful when I had fully conquered china. I'm wondering how others feel about it, I know china could do with a bit of a rework but the overall feel I think is right.