This is just the default behavior in China (and most past and present AES countries). In China, saying you’re a communist means you’re a card-carrying member of a communist party. If you’re in the party for purely careerist aims or you cheated your way into becoming a member, people will say that you’re a shitty communist but a communist nonetheless. Meanwhile, nobody gives two shits if you think communism is cool and act like the perfect communist, whatever the hell that means, if you’re not a member of a party. China isn’t like the US where you can never go to church but still claim to be a Christian because you “have a personal relationship with Jesus.” China is a place where you can disbelief the existence of gods but if you perform the proper religious rites, people will say that you are devoutly religious.
This is just the default behavior in China (and most past and present AES countries). In China, saying you’re a communist means you’re a card-carrying member of a communist party. If you’re in the party for purely careerist aims or you cheated your way into becoming a member, people will say that you’re a shitty communist but a communist nonetheless. Meanwhile, nobody gives two shits if you think communism is cool and act like the perfect communist, whatever the hell that means, if you’re not a member of a party. China isn’t like the US where you can never go to church but still claim to be a Christian because you “have a personal relationship with Jesus.” China is a place where you can disbelief the existence of gods but if you perform the proper religious rites, people will say that you are devoutly religious.