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"Old friend" is a common phrase China’s communist party uses as a tribute to foreigners considered helpful to their interests. It’s also an expression of nostalgia for longtime companions or acquaintances.

Is this real or did they just made it up to make China sound more mysterious and different lol

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[-] GinAndJuche@hexbear.net 45 points 1 year ago

The Corn farmer / Xi friend arc is Americas only saving grace

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 36 points 1 year ago

Thomas and Eleanor Dvorchak played host to Xi. He slept in the Star Trek-themed bedroom belonging to the Dvorchaks' son, Gary, who was away at university.

Mr Aldo’s house has an entire room decorated with Minions merchandise, generated widespread mockery on social media from left-leaning US commenters, with many wondering if the former president [Jair Bolsonaro] had been sleeping in a bed adorned with the strange yellow cartoon characters.

xigma-male bolso-pain

[-] GinAndJuche@hexbear.net 31 points 1 year ago

Holy shit, Xi went to sleep in a Star Trek room for an entire period of his life.

He has to have been affected by this

[-] FourteenEyes@hexbear.net 28 points 1 year ago

Chinese Warp drive by 2028

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

Zephram Cochrane btfo

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The Chinese reunionification of 2024

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 year ago

I think Iowa is a friendship state with China? Something like that, one of those weird local things like sister cities

[-] CrispyFern@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago

It should have been me, not them! kiryu-slam

[-] CDommunist@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago
[-] VILenin@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

They're on a watchlist now

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