Title. I've read it is pro china but not sycophantic either which would suit me fine, but I wanted to get a crowd sourced opinion.

    • NaturalsNotInIt [any]
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      3 years ago

      Because that's the only way that you can run a billion dollar congolmerate in a people's state without ending up dead or in jail (and Jack Ma has had some close calls). Just like workers are shamed into the humiliation of voting, knowing all too well that everyone on the ballot (if there's even a choice) has no mission in life besides grinding them into the dust. In China, the billionaires have to be loyal communists or it's buh bye honey.

      • CommunistRanma [comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        I'm hoping very much that the CPC's promise of socialism by 2050 gets rid of that kind of accumulation once and for all.

        • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          I mean, that's been pretty openly stated. That all businesses are subject to nationalization at any time. They only allow them to exist as is because of WTO shit and preventing embargo from Western capitalists.

          They managed to get America to literally disassemble and transport thousands of factories to China with their current path, and now American capitalists are getting buyers remorse as they're realizing that their usual regime change efforts aren't working.

          • CommunistRanma [comrade/them]
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            3 years ago

            That's pretty cool. With the Hong Kong and Macau systems up for review around the same time it will be interesting to see what all happens

            • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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              3 years ago

              Yep, there's a reason the US regime change arms are so focused on Hong Kong and Xinjiang. Xinjiang going "independent" (see: becoming a US client state) would essentially cut off China from the West, and Hong Kong becoming a US client would give the US a base of operations in the South China Sea and basically complete control over 60% of China's trade.

              If it goes the other way, and HK/XUAR/Taiwan stay closer to China, the US is basically fucked as China will offer a more enticing and socially equitable trade network that will undermine the current financial imperialist hegemony (mainly in Africa/East Europe/Central Asia)

              • NaturalsNotInIt [any]
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                3 years ago

                Xinjiang is considered so important now because the US is scared shitless of the Belt and Road initiative.