How would they know in advance capitalism can be succeed in a communist country after post Mao ages... I don't think you have called up a good point at all this time...
I would rather like using the term "strategetic planning" on this regard...
UK, as the origin of insurance and modern banking, on risk management, there is nothing called luck, but chance and risk (or you can call it as opportunity cost in economic)...
What time frame of history you are referring to? Post 76 or post 84? Without Deng Xiaoping, don't expect China can get back HK ... Most senior grandpas are still on 9 9 that time...