China went from one of the poorest countries in the world to global economic powerhouse in a mere four decades. Currently featured in the news is DeepSeek, the free, open source A.I. built by innovative Chinese entrepreneurs which just pricked the massive U.S. A.I. bubble. Even more impressive, however, is the infrastructure China has built, including 26,000
I agree that China’s government is being too passive about the “why” behind its wins. A lot of the people I’ve talked to on Xiaohongshu don’t have a firm grasp on these how’s and why’s, nor do they generally have much of a connection to communism in general. The government is obviously doing a good job governing, but they’re not doing a good job educating.
Yeah. I have the impression sometimes that maybe being a bit more heavy handed in propaganda may not be such a bad thing. For instance, one thing i see in many of the older Chinese people is that perhaps they may not have necessarily a very deep understanding of the theory, but what did stick are political slogans that they still know by heart, or political songs, operas, etc. from the Cultural Revolution that they still enjoy singing to this day.
I think art in particular is an excellent vehicle for this sort of thing because it sticks with people and i wish China would have more explicitly political art, not just from independent artists but actual government sponsored initiatives. And it doesn’t always need to be subtle, it’s ok to be a bit direct so that everyone gets the message. Sure the West would make fun of it and say shit like “look how the Chinese government is brainwashing the people”, but so what? Fuck the West, who cares what they say?
And in some cases art can actually lead people to take an interest in communism. I don’t know if i would be a communist today if i had not taken an interest when i was young in Soviet and Irish revolutionary music which led me to want to read and learn about their history.
Iirc, at least according to this, China is attempting to be a cultural power by 2035. I reckon that in undertaking this goal, some if the things you’ve mentioned might be getting addressed in the near future.
Of course these are just plans and statements for now, but I have trust in the PRC to fulfill its goals as they have steadily in the past decade.
I’m glad that China is already on track to becoming a cultural powerhouse, and as always, they can do more. I think/hope they can cement their status by 2035. Possibly even by 2030, at how China does things.
I keep a personal and mental list of hundreds of tv shows, books, movies and bands I want to watch, read or experience one day, and alot of Chinese donghua and tv series and movies are on my list.
hmm, how to say this… XHS platform more attracts “instagram” type crowd and trends liberal, and until recently the community generally avoids political discussion. The more politically attuned Chinese netizens stick to bilibili and weibo, although there’s plenty of discourse and “fighting” there too, like, obviously a body of that many people will have a wide diversity of political opinions as well as acumen. Just wanted to point out biases inherent to certain platforms.
Anyway one of my favorite memes from the initial western invasion of xhs event:
that said of course there are some more politically attuned chinese netizens on XHS, my favorite being this guy
I agree that China’s government is being too passive about the “why” behind its wins. A lot of the people I’ve talked to on Xiaohongshu don’t have a firm grasp on these how’s and why’s, nor do they generally have much of a connection to communism in general. The government is obviously doing a good job governing, but they’re not doing a good job educating.
Yeah. I have the impression sometimes that maybe being a bit more heavy handed in propaganda may not be such a bad thing. For instance, one thing i see in many of the older Chinese people is that perhaps they may not have necessarily a very deep understanding of the theory, but what did stick are political slogans that they still know by heart, or political songs, operas, etc. from the Cultural Revolution that they still enjoy singing to this day.
I think art in particular is an excellent vehicle for this sort of thing because it sticks with people and i wish China would have more explicitly political art, not just from independent artists but actual government sponsored initiatives. And it doesn’t always need to be subtle, it’s ok to be a bit direct so that everyone gets the message. Sure the West would make fun of it and say shit like “look how the Chinese government is brainwashing the people”, but so what? Fuck the West, who cares what they say?
And in some cases art can actually lead people to take an interest in communism. I don’t know if i would be a communist today if i had not taken an interest when i was young in Soviet and Irish revolutionary music which led me to want to read and learn about their history.
Iirc, at least according to this, China is attempting to be a cultural power by 2035. I reckon that in undertaking this goal, some if the things you’ve mentioned might be getting addressed in the near future.
Of course these are just plans and statements for now, but I have trust in the PRC to fulfill its goals as they have steadily in the past decade.
I’m glad that China is already on track to becoming a cultural powerhouse, and as always, they can do more. I think/hope they can cement their status by 2035. Possibly even by 2030, at how China does things.
I keep a personal and mental list of hundreds of tv shows, books, movies and bands I want to watch, read or experience one day, and alot of Chinese donghua and tv series and movies are on my list.
hmm, how to say this… XHS platform more attracts “instagram” type crowd and trends liberal, and until recently the community generally avoids political discussion. The more politically attuned Chinese netizens stick to bilibili and weibo, although there’s plenty of discourse and “fighting” there too, like, obviously a body of that many people will have a wide diversity of political opinions as well as acumen. Just wanted to point out biases inherent to certain platforms.
Anyway one of my favorite memes from the initial western invasion of xhs event:
that said of course there are some more politically attuned chinese netizens on XHS, my favorite being this guy