The difference is that communists don't pretend to be impartial or apply universal rules to all groups. We stand firmly on the side of the working class. Liberals pretend to be impartial and apply the same rules to everyone, but they obviously don't, and that's when they get called out.
And you know the boba liberals will be like "no, I'm one of the good Asians! I hate China too!"
I enjoy a bit of everything, but my favorite is... drumroll please... Pop. Call me basic, but I love my Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift. I also enjoy non-English pop like Bad Bunny, Twice, and Lexie Liu.
I also love metal, mostly thrash and power. Some bands I like are Kreator, Vektor, Seven Kingdoms, and Sonata Arctica.
Gotta be dubstep. I loved it back in the day, but now I just roll my eyes at it.
Was it? I thought it was pushed by established record labels as "hillbilly records" which was a perversion of folk music.
For China, there's close to a 90% approval rating. Even liberal-approved sources admit that.
https://www.edelman.com/trust/2023/trust-barometer
https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2018/02/surprise-authoritarian-resilience-china/
I don't live in China, but I've been there many times, and I am of Chinese descent and I speak a bit of the language. Here are my observations:
A lot of Chinese gen X-ers and older millennials have pretty low cultural self-confidence. They seem to think that Western and Japanese cultural exports, brands, and ideas are better. Even for Chinese music and such, they prefer Taiwanese and Hong Kong stuff over mainland. I've heard that this is reversing for younger millennials and gen Z-ers, so that's pretty encouraging.
A lot of people seem to lack consideration and awareness of others in public settings. There are stereotypes of Chinese people being aggressive and inconsiderate drivers, cutting in line, spitting, rushing to grab seats in the metro, etc. and a lot of it is based on reality. I believe a lot of it is a holdover from times of scarcity, where if you didn't fight for yourself, you'd be left behind. Things are slowly but surely changing with public education and fines - public spitting is much rarer now, and drivers in some cities like Shanghai actually follow the rules sometimes. But there is still a long way to go.
Chinese customer service isn't the best. A lot of products don't come with any sort of return policy or satisfaction guarantee. If there are issues that are difficult to solve, a lot of customer service people will just throw their hands up and say 没办法 (there's no way). You really have to pester people to get issues taken care of.
Work culture, like in much of Asia, can be pretty brutal and inefficient. There is generally a rigid hierarchy, and lower-ranking workers are strongly encouraged to be quiet and listen to the boss, even if the boss is wrong. A lot of companies prioritize ass-in-chair time over actual productivity. You've heard about 996 culture at big tech companies, and many employees are not being productive for a lot of that time, but they still need to be at the office for God knows whatever reason.
There is a large amount of societal pressure for conspicuous consumption. Even people who are not rich will buy Gucci and BMWs to keep up with the Zhong-ses. European brands are preferred. People will drive to work even if it takes longer than taking the metro or biking because owning a car is a status symbol.
Which brings me to my next point, Chinese people loooove cars. Owning a car is a sign you've made it in life. Having good public transit is taken for granted, and everyone wants a shiny European luxury car. It's gotten to the point where local officials will even prioritize cars in infrastructure, such as by building pedestrian over/underpasses, moving the lines closer to the intersection, reducing pedestrian crossing time, etc. Wide roads and parking lots in cities are seen as symbols of modernity. Although good public transit is plentiful, there is not so much am emphasis on pedestrians and bikers in a lot of cities.
There are a lot of positive parts of Chinese culture, but I'm just pointing out what I feel are the negatives since that's what the question asked. I think a lot of these are directly a result of China's status as a developing country (being almost destitute in living memory) and the drastic changes during the reform and opening up period.
It doesn't matter if there's a handful of low-ranking Dems who might want to do more for the working class. The system is set up in a way such that they'll never be able to make any meaningful changes. If it were possible to vote in a better system, it would've happened already.
What would you say the pros and cons of this layout are compared, to, say, Seoul or Tokyo? I've always thought Tokyo was pretty close to "peak city," but I'm sure there are tradeoffs everywhere.
More principled Maoists give critical support to China for their anti-imperialist struggle, similar to how MLs give critical support to Russia.