I believe that China's leadership is smart enough to see that the Chinese LGBTQ+ community is not their enemy and that if they grant them their rights, it will prevent them from being used by Westerners to push for destabilization by claiming that China is some kind of anti-LGBTQ+ nation, something they already do with Russia, Africa and the Middle East. When, more often than not, these countries only have strong anti-LGBTQ+ views because of Western interference. Also, Cuba has the most LGBTQ+ friendly laws in the world, and I think Vietnam is following suit too.
LGBTQ+ community is not their enemy and that if they grant them their rights, it will prevent them from being used by Westerners to push for destabilization
The called this the "political misuse of homosexuals" and it was the reasoning the Stasi used to propose that the SED grant queer people rights and protections, which they then did in the mid 80's. If the socialist bloc hadn't fallen so shortly after, I 100% believe that attitude would've promulgated throughout the entire bloc eventually.
100% believe that attitude would've promulgated throughout the entire bloc eventually.
I believe Hungary and Czechslovakia would eventually follow the GDR's example, maybe even the Soviet Union. But it would take long in more socially conservative countries like Poland and Albania.
I honestly don’t think the Chinese leadership cares, but then China is not run by a small group of people, you know.
One legit criticism against China is the censorship bureau, very likely run by a bunch of socially conservative boomers. There are very strict regulations about Chinese television shows and movies regarding politically and culturally sensitive subjects that you certainly cannot touch. There has been a lot of stories about Chinese film scripts being chopped to pieces and ended up as totally different stories from what the writers had originally intended. This is why you’ll never see anything like The Wire or Hollywood prestige television series with provocative social commentary coming out of China’s film industries.
So, yes, they still have certain influence over the cultural sphere in the country. And I doubt the leadership cares enough to intervene.
I believe that China's leadership is smart enough to see that the Chinese LGBTQ+ community is not their enemy and that if they grant them their rights, it will prevent them from being used by Westerners to push for destabilization by claiming that China is some kind of anti-LGBTQ+ nation, something they already do with Russia, Africa and the Middle East. When, more often than not, these countries only have strong anti-LGBTQ+ views because of Western interference. Also, Cuba has the most LGBTQ+ friendly laws in the world, and I think Vietnam is following suit too.
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called this the "political misuse of homosexuals" and it was the reasoning the Stasi used to propose that the SED grant queer people rights and protections, which they then did in the mid 80's. If the socialist bloc hadn't fallen so shortly after, I 100% believe that attitude would've promulgated throughout the entire bloc eventually.
I believe Hungary and Czechslovakia would eventually follow the GDR's example, maybe even the Soviet Union. But it would take long in more socially conservative countries like Poland and Albania.
I honestly don’t think the Chinese leadership cares, but then China is not run by a small group of people, you know.
One legit criticism against China is the censorship bureau, very likely run by a bunch of socially conservative boomers. There are very strict regulations about Chinese television shows and movies regarding politically and culturally sensitive subjects that you certainly cannot touch. There has been a lot of stories about Chinese film scripts being chopped to pieces and ended up as totally different stories from what the writers had originally intended. This is why you’ll never see anything like The Wire or Hollywood prestige television series with provocative social commentary coming out of China’s film industries.
So, yes, they still have certain influence over the cultural sphere in the country. And I doubt the leadership cares enough to intervene.
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