Tibetan sources who spoke to Radio Free Asia linked the closures to the Chinese government’s education policies and its promotion of the Ethnic Unity and Progress Law, which took effect on July 1, 2026. They said the shutdowns could further limit opportunities for Tibetan children to learn their mother tongue and cultural traditions.
Dropping a bomb is not a requirement for imperialism. Seriously go read the definition.
Nobody said it was, you’re attempting to handwave an important piece of evidence because it is inconvenient for your narrative.
The idea that China hasn’t dropped a bomb in fifty years supports that they’re not imperialist. But the biggest evidence is that they’re, you know, a socialist state. Socialist states do not have the budget nor interest in imperialism.
Feudal Tibet was liberated from its slavery. Xianjing was recovered after western color revolution attempts. Taiwan is allowed to exist and China has zero interest in taking it, given it’s already a part of China.
There is no imperialism coming out of China since the revolution. Western liberals coping with their own violence by being sinophobic never ceases to amaze me.
You do understand the person that I quoted that was basically implying that was you right?
In nearly 300 years of strife. I don’t think the state ever dropped bombs on my people or ancestors. That doesn’t make what they did not imperialism. And even then. Even if China isn’t directly dropping the bombs. They’re supplying Russia who is. The state by its absolute Monopoly on violence and overwhelming Force doesn’t even need to fire a shot sometimes. Let alone drop a single bomb. But it’s still imperialism all the same. And you’re twisting into pretzels trying to defend it is pretty disgusting. Imperialist often see themselves as liberators or uplifting people. It’s rarely true.
The state has always been the oppressor. And those who defended it tools.
Ahistorical drivel. China is not imperialist, and if you can’t see that, I ask that you study Lenin’s titular book on the topic. There is no pretzels twisting, I can happily debunk whatever claim you make about China being imperialist with ease.
The state is not an enemy, only idealists think this way. The state, when governed by the proletariat, is good.
It’s funny, you’d think being on Lemmy for several years as an anarchist with an interest in understanding the perspectives of fellow revolutionaries would lead me to have more of an appreciation for MLs. Instead I’m just 98% convinced y’all are in a cult.
China is claiming territory in the south china sea far beyond its internationally recognized borders. That is imperialism.
Okay, even if I grant you that, does everyone in the Chinese government have to sell their labour-power for a wage, aka the definition of a proletariat?
Socialism is a mode of production characterized by a working class dictatorship, workers owning the means of production, and the government having a principle interest in public ownership.
At no point does socialism not have bourgeoisie. They just do not control government and get executed for their social murder schemes. Youre conflating communism, a mode of production without classes, with socialism, a mode of production that empowers workers.
Right. While I do have doubts as to whether the workers truly control the state in China, I admit it is not my area of study. After all, commodity form production is still very much a thing in China.
I’ll do some more research and then come back to it if I have more questions. (I really need to re-read Das Kapital, lol)