Quote Originally Posted by Kal El View Post
And you are defending China, which in itself after Mao Zedong took power, was an imperialist power per say. It's influence that it exerted over Vietnam and North Korea is timeless. It's claim to Taiwan, is imperialist in nature. Just attempting to spread communism to other countries, in itself is imperialist.
This is why Hoxha condemned Mao, fyi. He believed that socialism would come into countries gradually at its own pace and that any attempt to "export" the revolution is imperialist and alienates the people of said nation. Just the listed content of this book shows your ignorance of Hoxhaism's development from Maoism.

While China's claims to Taiwan are probably imperialist (I would not argue, though you did not mention, that their movement into Tibet was imperialist), the Republic of China did not exactly treat ethnic Taiwanese peoples well once in power, since it always saw itself as China and not Taiwan.

And Albania is one of the poorest countries in Europe with no hope to ever become a larger economic player.
Under Hoxha it developed its first industry, abolished illiteracy, fought for equality for women, fought tribalism, and secured Albanian independence against Greek and Yugoslav claims. It also helped get China into the UN (back when Hoxha and Mao were allied).