I am a Marxist in China
Orthodox Marxists in the Chinese internet community often view Russia and Iran as weak links in imperialism, rather than as anti-imperialist forces .However, in the view of Chinese Marxists, opposing the global hegemony of the United States takes precedence over opposing secondary imperialisms (Iran, Russia).
The person in the picture is Yang Heping, a US citizen with a Chinese green card, and he is the most popular orthodox Marxist-Leninist-Maoist self-media figure on the Chinese internet (with 3 million followers on Tiktok and 800,000 on Bilibili). Yang Heping advocates that whether it’s Ukraine, Russia, or Iran, “the truth is on the side of the proletariat, not on the side of any government or capitalist.”
In China, those who unconditionally support Iran and Russia are usually nationalists or national leftists.
I wonder if the differences between the left-wing in Europe and America and the left-wing in China are really that significant?
our evaluation is contingent on their opposition to western hegemony. I’d prefer a russia trying to do communism again or a secular communist iran etc of course but the US is the biggest problem on the world stage so i have no choice but to think substantial opposition to it is good.
in some sense there’s not really a proletarian side to these conflicts, but the west winning would be much much worse.
Chinese adherents of Marxism-Leninism likewise consider opposing U.S. imperialism to be the primary objective; however, they believe that anti-American capitalist regimes should be utilized rather than pledged allegiance to.
That’s… What we believe, for most of us in these spaces.
I swear, I have to constantly remind myself Putin is probably never going to return to socialism. If wishes were horses…