First of all, I want to say that it’s wonderful to see all of you here, and your critical support of the nation I proudly call home. But more and more recently, especially reading through Chinese internet too, there has been a sense of overconfidence and overglorification of China. It is honestly a little worrying at times for me, because as much as I love my homeland and is proud of what we are doing, I know full and well that we are still a long way to go. I see this sentiment of China being the glorious land far away as a bastion and utopia against Western Imperialism and while there’s a lot of truth behind that sentiment, and I definitely understand why one not living in China would choose to believe this (I live in the US now and I understand your pain, fellow US comrades). I just want to remind everyone to exercise dialectal materialism on this subject and try to look at China in a less idealised way. We cannot grow to be better without recognising our mistakes. Anyways that is my little message to you all. Have a nice day!

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    We honestly need more criticism of China. China does a lot of things right, but simply handwaving the unsavory things about the Chinese government doesn’t make us better. In fact, in a few cases it makes us hypocrites (e.g. selling arms to Israel and Saudi Arabia).

    And before anyone comes for me, criticism isn’t chauvanism. We can understand why China does something from their point of view and still acknowledge the harm it does.

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      3 years ago

      If you aren’t Chinese, we don’t need your criticism actually.

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        There are things that China does that affect the entire working class worldwide. If you are a conscious member of the working class who stands for its interests, that is if you are a communist, you have every right to criticize China.

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          3 years ago

          Ok. Just preface your criticism with your nationality so I don’t waste too much time reading.

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            3 years ago

            Liberal IDPol on Lemmygrad. Neat!

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              You aren’t entitled to my attention. If you want to criticize an AES from the imperial core to me, a westerner attempting to push back against imperialism here in the United States, sorry, I don’t have time for your criticism. I’ll save my time for reading people who have the perspective needed. Westerner chauvistic moralizing about “critical support” is pointless and a waste of time. Not everything is a debate and I don’t need to feel bad about ignoring your uninformed opinion when it suits me. Got better things to do.

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                  3 years ago

                  To get away from westerners talking shit about China.

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                    3 years ago

                    So, what is your opinion on the OP’s concerns about over-glorifying China?