Re: subimperial practices Re: Overseas investment by China's private and public corporations

In my view the theory of sub-imperialism is theoretically mistaken. I 
have dealt with this issue on various occasions. Here are two contributions.

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*Semi-Colonial Intermediate Powers and the Theory of Sub-Imperialism*

*/A contribution to an ongoing debate amongst Marxists and a proposal to 
tackle a theoretical problem/*

/By Michael Pröbsting, RCIT//, 1 August 2019/

Lenin once noted “/that the role of vanguard fighter can be fulfilled 
only by a party that is guided by the most advanced theory./“In order to 
fulfil such a role Marxists have to constantly review their theoretical 
arsenal and, if necessary, develop it further.In the recent period, the 
theory of sub-imperialism has become increasingly fashionable among 
Marxists. The notion of “sub-imperialist” has been used to characterize 
such diverse various states as China, Russia, Brazil, India, South 
Africa, Iran, Greece and Turkey.

Read more at 
https://www.thecommunists.net/theory/semi-colonial-intermediate-powers-and-the-theory-of-sub-imperialism/

*Imperialism: ‘Antagonistic cooperation’ or antagonistic contradictions? 
A reply to Promise Li*

ByMichael Pröbsting

This essay has been published online by "/LINKS/" (Links International 
Journal of Socialist Renewal) on25 January 2025, 
https://links.org.au/imperialism-antagonistic-cooperation-or-antagonistic-contradictions-reply-promise-li


Am 27.08.2026 um 20:27 schrieb Marv Gandall via groups.io:
> Thanks, Patrick. At bottom, I view the the theoretical debate about 
> “subimperialism" - in which you, John Smith, David Harvey, Walter 
> Daum, and Sam King have been prominent - as reducible to a debate 
> about the BRICs as reducible to a debate about Russia and China as 
> reducible to whether the latter are subimperialist or imperialist 
> powers and as reducible finally to whether they or US imperialism 
> bears ultimate responsibility for the conflicts on their respective 
> land and sea borders.  This is an ongoing discussion on the Marxist 
> left in which both sides are entrenched.
> A minor correction: I did not claim that "the subimperial sites of 
> capitalism had 'empires'." My reference was to the contending 
> imperialist powers during Lenin's time which all occupied territory 
> more or less walled off for exclusive exploitation by their own 
> overseas companies.
> 


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