Before the cult 1999 film began streaming in China, censors drastically changed the ending so that the anarchist narrator is caught and punished for his crimes.
It also serves the dual purpose of building productive forces and protecting the revolution from American interference. Think of it like Molotov-Ribbentrop, in a vacuum it looks like appeasement, but put in context it provided breathing room to build military capacity, and was absolutely necessary.
Until Xi, the rhetoric around China was much less aggressive, both from states and regular people. The west thought they had won, China was a source of cheap labor, no longer a threat, but an asset. They took the capitalists money, and then they killed him. :zizek-joy:
Yes. It might not have happened as soon, but it would have happened.
The Nazis were out for Slavic blood from the get-go. They had no intention of keeping the pact for long, and Stalin and the CPSU understood this very well.
It also serves the dual purpose of building productive forces and protecting the revolution from American interference. Think of it like Molotov-Ribbentrop, in a vacuum it looks like appeasement, but put in context it provided breathing room to build military capacity, and was absolutely necessary.
Until Xi, the rhetoric around China was much less aggressive, both from states and regular people. The west thought they had won, China was a source of cheap labor, no longer a threat, but an asset. They took the capitalists money, and then they killed him. :zizek-joy:
Do you think Germany would’ve invaded Poland if it weren’t for Molotov Ribbentrop?
Yes. It might not have happened as soon, but it would have happened.
The Nazis were out for Slavic blood from the get-go. They had no intention of keeping the pact for long, and Stalin and the CPSU understood this very well.
They weren't looking west for their "lebensraum".