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?
From your replies, it seems like you are talking about maoists and other ultra-left deviations and not Marxism-Leninism.
"Orthodox marxism" doesn't exist except for said ultras and maoists in my experience. Marx gave us tools, not a blueprint or dogma. Orthodox tools are not a thing.
Other than that, there does not seem to be much difference between the Yang Heping stance and us. Where we seem to overlap with YH is Iran and Russia are to be supported for utility reasons only (critical support), but where we differ, and where YH reveals himself as an ultra, is that YH categorises these two countries wrongly as "imperialist".
I highly doubt that YH stance is the only stance available from a person that calls themselves Marxist-Leninist in China. China has 1.4 billion people, how big is this guy in the Marxist-Leninist space of China?
I do hope that he does not represent the standard of Marxist-Leninist analysis by Chinese leftists.
"Lu Xun wrote New Year's Sacrifice and created the classic literary figure of Xianglin's Wife (Xianglin Sao) with the core aim of exposing and criticizing the cannibalistic nature of feudal ethics and the patriarchal clan system, and of awakening the numb Chinese populace. The villagers initially expressed sympathy for Xianglin's Wife's misfortunes, but soon turned her story into idle gossip and amusement after their meals. In the end, she committed suicide in despair. Through this, Lu Xun criticized the feudal ideology of the time, which rendered the Chinese people numb, cold, and devoid of compassion.
Yet this usage of 'Xianglin's Wife' as a derogatory term (who on earth would treat her name as a pejorative?) strikes me as precisely the opposite of Lu Xun's intent, and also reveals the cognitive logic of certain so-called 'Marxists' in China—in their mindset, a proletarian should not speak online about living a hard life; if you are having a hard time, you should work even harder, otherwise you are just fishing for attention. This creates a closed loop: when all those who are struggling are silenced, because 'admitting your failure online means you are actually doing well,' then you must work and study diligently offline (and if you fail, it proves you haven't tried hard enough). Thus, this society becomes the 'least bad' one, constantly and gradually improving."
别他妈拿无产阶级给你这破cosplay贴金了。真以为写段鲁迅阅读理解，就能掩盖你网上疯狂刷存在感、卖惨博同情的本质？你这套“众人皆醉我独醒”的爹味说教，除了证明你是个沉浸在自己幻想里的傻逼，什么也证明不了。
带着你那套自我感动的逻辑给爷爬，别在这儿恶心人。
如果你希望中国的马克思主义不要秉持阳和平的极左翼，那你会找到的，而且很多。但是那与我这样的失败者、垃圾、卢瑟，那就无关了，每当我对着这些“马克思主义者”说“中国有很多无产阶级过的很不好，他们处于长期的习得性无助中，他们工时经常9小时、甚至十小时以上，月工资只有3000人民币（400$）”。
这些“马克思主义者”只会回答我：“那你为什么不怪美国”、“那你为什么不在自己身上找找原因”、“那你为什么上学时不努力读书学习”，我承认他们说的对，我学习的马克思主义都是浪费时间，只有社会垃圾才会去当极左翼
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