For sure, and I really hope China will start actively supporting socialist states around it now. Before the war in Ukraine started, China used to play it very safe geopolitically because they were always worried that US would go after their economy. Now they see how Russia managed to do just fine after a maximalist sanction regime from the west, and they can also see that US is actively and openly trying to kneecap them regardless of what they do at this point. So, the reasons behind the reservations China had before about promoting socialism aren't really there now.

While it made sense for China not to export ideology the way USSR did when the west was dominant, I think we're entering a period where building an ideologically aligned bloc is starting to look like the right approach. US has demonstrated that they're very good at doing political interference, and if China wants to have strong and stable allied then it has to start helping support principled socialist governments.