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)
Have certainly noticed nationalist/nazbol-like sentiment in response to LGBT issues, treating it as foreign infiltration to poison the minds of the youth. While part of it can be attributed to defending against the western version’s rainbow imperialism, those conservative/reactionary elements have always existed in some form.
I do wish more was known/easy to digest about how different states within China feel about this, because I know it varies wildily; You have areas in China that have never been anti-LGBT and have had open & visible trans people within them for decades as well as trans clinics to support them and social attitudes that tolerate and accept them.
And you also get very reactionary states within China that dont; but that nuance is lost on a lot of people, it would be interesting to understand the variance.
I wish there was a simple answer on this front, most of my research is based on trans needs and concerning that matter I would say China is working towards those needs. They have a long way to go and hopefully can take some inspo from the GDR and cuba. There was a pretty good discussion on the matter here