Stalin coined the term Marxism-Leninism. Marxism-Leninism was already in practice in Lenin’s time, though Lenin didn’t say his application of Marx’s theories was Leninist, the same way Marx didn’t call himself a Marxist. It was only after the fact that Stalin synthesized Marxism-Leninism by combining Lenin’s and Marx’s theories. In the same way, people didn’t call themselves Hegelians or Darwinians when Hegel and Darwin were alive.

On Practice and On Contradiction as someone else as said would be a good start. A Handbook of Philosophy written by B.I. Syusyukalov and L.A. Yakovleva is a decent read, though it is important to note that it is from the revisionist era of the USSR.

Ben Norton makes tons of great videos about the Chinese economy. Here’s one from 7 days ago.

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They think Deng restored capitalism and installed a bourgeoise dictatorship. The problem with this view is it only works when you haven’t read any Chinese socialism and only listen to Western armchair Marxists.

I’ve read Blood Lies and thought he made an excellent argument and provided many sources.

https://socialistchina.org/2024/02/20/disappointing-rush-to-judgment-on-chinas-role-in-the-congo/