most of the messaging (both public relations/speaking trained and randos online) I have seen from Chinese people of various classes (including bourgeois class* like iirc Eric Li who is openly a venture capitalist) has been consistently: China’s model works for China, do not blindly copy China’s policies. Their current path is Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, emphasis “chinese characteristics” which is not to be taken lightly.
*on this note I must emphasize that the national, political project of the PRC is collaboration of social classes with CPC at the leadership helm - don’t just believe me, look up what the stars on their flag represent, look up the Chinese constitution. This has been rocky at times, and shifts like Deng’s reform of course have been unhappy for certain groups. But in hindsight, choosing uneven (urban first,etc) but controlled acceleration in development, through but not around capitalist mode of production, has borne progress towards the goal of building socialism in the country. Anyway IMO Eric Li is an excellent speaker, very knowledgeable and I appreciate his economic analysis. I haven’t heard him go off in overt communist talk, though frequently presents CPC as good at making correct decisions, particularly in regards to being able to decide and plan in longer-term view instead of shortterm etc. His talking points are basically 0% theory and 100% talking about material events and going off of that for analysis. I think he presents himself this way (doesnt talk big communism, introduces himself as a venture capitalist) to prevent scaring off westerners, and encourage them to look into why China’s system works.
most of the messaging (both public relations/speaking trained and randos online) I have seen from Chinese people of various classes (including bourgeois class* like iirc Eric Li who is openly a venture capitalist) has been consistently: China’s model works for China, do not blindly copy China’s policies. Their current path is Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, emphasis “chinese characteristics” which is not to be taken lightly.
*on this note I must emphasize that the national, political project of the PRC is collaboration of social classes with CPC at the leadership helm - don’t just believe me, look up what the stars on their flag represent, look up the Chinese constitution. This has been rocky at times, and shifts like Deng’s reform of course have been unhappy for certain groups. But in hindsight, choosing uneven (urban first,etc) but controlled acceleration in development, through but not around capitalist mode of production, has borne progress towards the goal of building socialism in the country. Anyway IMO Eric Li is an excellent speaker, very knowledgeable and I appreciate his economic analysis. I haven’t heard him go off in overt communist talk, though frequently presents CPC as good at making correct decisions, particularly in regards to being able to decide and plan in longer-term view instead of shortterm etc. His talking points are basically 0% theory and 100% talking about material events and going off of that for analysis. I think he presents himself this way (doesnt talk big communism, introduces himself as a venture capitalist) to prevent scaring off westerners, and encourage them to look into why China’s system works.