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Another country has called Xi a 'dictator' and China is not happy with that description (edition.cnn.com)

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China has lashed out at Germany after its foreign minister called Xi Jinping a “dictator” and summoned Berlin’s ambassador for a dressing down, in the latest flaring of tensions with a western democratic power over how the Chinese leader is described overseas.

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[-] metallic_substance@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Just leave. Go back to your horrible brainwashed echo chamber

[-] Stalins_Spoon@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Bold words from a lemmy.world user

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip -3 points 1 year ago

Are you generalising the literally biggest instance on the fediverse?

[-] Stalins_Spoon@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Look at the defed list for starters

[-] Samsy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

He's not wrong there are parts in her (Baerbock) timeline that is suspicious. She got trained at this think tank for example.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Marshall_Fund

Like a lot of other actual German politician.

[-] Gsus4@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

What is that, is it like an american version of the Confucius institutes?

[-] Stalins_Spoon@lemmygrad.ml -3 points 1 year ago

The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) told the BBC the CI on its campus was solely educational and that there was "nothing about this straightforward QUT CI's work that could be identified as Chinese propaganda nor does it threaten academic freedom".

[-] Gsus4@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

https://www.outlookindia.com/international/geopolitics-of-language-how-china-s-confucius-institutes-become-extension-of-chinese-state-on-campuses-news-195212

In 2008, Israel’s Tel Aviv University closed an art exhibition on Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that originated in China. The following year, America’s North Carolina State University cancelled a visit of Tibetan spiritual leader the 14th Dalai Lama.

An Israeli court found that the Tel Aviv University had illegitimately cancelled the Falun Gong exhibition because of Chinese government pressure. In North Carolina, the Confucius Institute’s director warned state officials that the Dalai Lama’s visit could hurt “strong relationships we were developing in China”.

Since their inception in South Korea’s Seoul in 2004, Confucius Institutes have enrolled up to 9 million students at 525 institutes in 146 countries and regions, as per the Heritage Foundation. In 2018, Politico magazine reported that the Chinese government was pouring in up to $10 billion annually into the initiative.

It’s an interesting sum for the promotion of one’s language. But it’s not. In the Chinese government’s own words, the initiative is a propaganda arm of the state. Politburo standing member Li Changchun said in 2009 that Confucius Institutes are an “important part of China’s overseas propaganda set-up”.

He further said, “The Confucius Institute is an appealing brand for expanding our culture abroad. It has made an important contribution toward improving our soft power. The ‘Confucius’ brand has a natural attractiveness. Using the excuse of teaching Chinese language, everything looks reasonable and logical.”

Politico cited a 2010 Chinese state-run People’s Daily article by propaganda minister Liu Yunshan as saying, “With regard to key issues that influence our sovereignty and safety, we should actively carry out international propaganda battles against issuers such as Tibet, Xinjiang, Taiwan, human rights, and Falun Gong. We should do well in establishing and operating overseas cultural centres and Confucius

Yes (I'm not saying it's terribly wrong, other countries have their equivalent, but at least own up to what you're doing)