Hello! I would like to start off by apologizing because I know a thread like this gets posted every other day and it can border on (or actually be) concern-trolling, but I wanted to get a rough survey of opinions here on a topic.
Specifically, do you have any criticisms of China’s contemporary culture? Its government? What are they?
I’m of the opinion that there are a lot of low-hanging fruit in this regard, like the patriarchal social order that [whatever one might say about its status in other nations] is certainly an ongoing problem for the matter of women’s liberation. I also think it’s both socially backwards and bad for national security to not have gay marriage, because we’re all familiar with how the US loves infiltrating student movements.
I also rather regret how the CPC seems to be trending towards expanding the role of the profit motive rather than shrinking it. See these statements:
http://en.qstheory.cn/2023-05/04/c_882761.htm
http://en.qstheory.cn/2023-05/05/c_882998.htm
Do you agree with these points? Do you have your own criticisms? Am I totally off-base? Let me know!
(btw I’m also familiar with the idea of sharing criticism with comrades but finding public criticism to be counter-productive, but I don’t want to spend all day listing caveats)
It’s a bit difficult to criticize another country that isn’t your own. Any criticism should be qualified always with something to the effect of “I do not not live in China/am not Chinese/do not know the language/etc.”.
It also requires a vast knowledge of history and culture that I (and I assume most people here) do not really know about. Sure we can make some observations about the country, but I think the best way to even broach the subject of real scrutiny of China’s issues is to read about them from Chinese authors themselves, or at least from western Marxist Leninist sources. That way you can be more sure that “hey, this person has a vested interest in the betterment of China along with the knowledge about these things”.
As a native of a colonized land I can only look from the outside and admire what they have accomplished. And hope that they find Chinese Marxist solutions to their Chinese problems, many of which are caused by the contradictions of capitalism.
And I would hope that they return the same courtesy for my people.