True Left

Imperialism =/= colonialism. Chinese imperialism was consistently integrationist throughout history:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/mythical-world/yandi-vs-huangdi-myth-confirmed/msg17310/#msg17310

in contrast to Western colonial empires. The mainstream "academics" criticized by Duchesne for praising the non-Western ancient empires (as well as Roman) understand this. Duchesne does not, nor does the tweeter he is quoting. You yourself seem confused about this.

See also:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/true-left-vs-false-left/true-left-breakthrough-folkish-imperialism/