As the title suggests. Recently, I have seen some “Little Pink” and liberals saying that “people who believe in the Zhongdi theory have ‘lived their lives’”, and maliciously cursing those who think China is an imperialist power as “traitors” and “brainless”. How do comrades view this issue? Is China an imperialist power? Or is it, as some old leftists say, a “two-half” society, or, like Li Minqi claims, a “world division of labor”? Or, as some “patriots” proclaim, a “developing country”? Welcome everyone to discuss!
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Previously, I read the book “China: A Modern Society Imperialist Power” written by the Maoist faction of the Chinese Communist Party, which clearly discusses why China is an imperialist country, and also a fascist dictatorial social imperialist country. Everyone can refer to it. Below are some screenshots of parts of the book. (However, this book was translated and cover-designed by some “leftists,” and the anarchist flavor is indeed a bit strong, but the content is good and can be referenced.)
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Besides the support base and the Yunrang Naval Base located in Cambodia, are the other military bases under renovation existing in the form of peacekeeping forces?
I don’t know much about the news in this area either; I only have a general understanding. I know that China also has troops and bases stationed abroad. Moreover, it contributes the most to the United Nations “peacekeeping forces” and is at the forefront of the bloody suppression of the working people. I’m quite busy right now, but I will send more detailed information later.
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Recently, China has dispatched troops to Nepal, where the mass movements are most intense, to carry out so-called joint training, which directly exposes China’s stance as a major power.
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Whether it is imperialism is usually judged according to Lenin’s five characteristics of imperialism: 1. Monopoly organizations dominate the economy. 2. Industrial capital and banking capital merge to form financial capital. 3. Capital export replaces commodity export as the main form. 4. International monopolist alliances of capitalists dividing the world are formed. 5. The world is completely divided among imperialist powers.
So, is capitalism in China monopolistic? The answer is definitely yes. The Chinese bureaucratic monopoly bourgeoisie, through the state form of the “State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission” (SASAC), controls most of the key industries in China by means of financial control, such as steel, petroleum, chemicals, mining, roads, electricity, etc. Heavy industry is basically controlled in the form of “state ownership.”
In the light industry sector, the bourgeoisie engaged in textiles, agricultural product processing, daily necessities processing, etc., are almost inseparably linked with the bureaucratic monopoly bourgeoisie through banks, credit, and other means.
Therefore, we can say that in China, monopoly organizations occupy the main aspects of the capitalist economy.
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Well said. This is also one of the differences between the development of capitalism in China and that in Europe and America. In China, the private monopoly bourgeoisie is all dependent on the bureaucratic monopoly bourgeoisie, and the general bourgeoisie is even more subjected to harsh exploitation and bloodsucking by the monopoly bourgeoisie. Therefore, China’s private monopoly bourgeoisie is extremely weak and powerless; they cannot and dare not oppose the rule of the Chinese government. The existence and development of things are dialectically unified opposites. Precisely because the private bourgeoisie has no power, and China implements fascist dictatorship with the greatest repression of the working people, China, as an imperialist bloc, also exhibits unprecedented decadence and reactionary nature. This perfectly confirms Chairman Mao’s saying (in essence): when revisionists come to power, it means the bourgeoisie comes to power, and it is the monopoly bourgeoisie that comes to power, a fascist dictatorship of the German type.
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On the other hand, financial capital. After the restoration of capitalism in China, the achievements of socialist industrial construction first became industrial capital in the hands of the new bourgeoisie, and the state-owned banks established during socialist construction also became banking capital in the hands of the bourgeoisie. The characteristic of the Chinese bureaucratic monopoly bourgeoisie being closely integrated with state power determines the close integration of China’s industrial capital and banking capital. This is reflected in the fact that during every economic crisis, the Chinese government directly provides subsidies and loans to monopoly enterprises through banks, and when new industrial sectors emerge, Chinese banks quickly invest capital in related industry enterprises to establish corresponding industries.
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The members above mentioned matters related to the military field, but in reality, the military domain is only a manifestation of the political and economic power of imperialism. Whether or not a country has overseas troops and overseas bases does not prevent it from being an imperialist country. For example, Germany after World War I lost all its overseas colonies and basically had no overseas troops, yet this did not prevent it from becoming a major country among the emerging imperialist states.
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As for the third point, whether capital export occupies the main position in China’s outward capital exports, this depends on one’s understanding of China’s current foreign investment and trade situation. However, according to Lenin’s theory, with the growing strength of monopoly organizations, the domestic people of imperialist countries become increasingly impoverished. The “surplus capital” held by the bourgeoisie will increase, and imperialist countries will inevitably export large amounts of capital to semi-colonial and colonial countries to exploit foreign working people and seek spaces for capital exploitation.
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China is indeed aggressively exporting capital to Africa, and the entire Sub-Saharan Africa is almost becoming a domain dominated by China. Many so-called “African travel influencers” inadvertently reveal the current state of Africa through their videos of leisurely travel and enjoyment.
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In Volume 22 of the Collected Works of Lenin from 1965, Lenin elaborated in detail on what imperialism is in the great work “Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism.” Interested parties can refer to it themselves. The document appendix is as follows (the page numbers of this article are 179-297):
22.pdf (45.2 MB)
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The translation in the 1972 edition of the Selected Works of Lenin should be more faithful, expressive, and elegant than that in the Complete Works.
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Indeed, for example, in the complete works, the third section “Fiscal Capital and Fiscal Oligarchy” was translated in the selected works as the more accurate term “Financial Capital and Financial Oligarchy,” and so on.
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The forum has long published articles discussing the imperialist China’s large-scale colonial invasion policies in Africa. I hadn’t seen it before, so I’m sharing it here.
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