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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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[-] GreatGrapeApe@reddthat.com 235 points 2 years ago

When you change the rules so you can hold office longer than permitted in an authoritarian country that is an appropriate label for the dictator.

[-] spez@sh.itjust.works 50 points 2 years ago

hexbear disagrees

[-] Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip 89 points 2 years ago

Nobody gives a single fuck though because it's hex bear

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 38 points 2 years ago

that bunch of larping teens?

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[-] quindraco@lemm.ee 163 points 2 years ago

Very noticeable that they didn't specify how he wasn't a dictator, nor what other label would be more appropriate.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 73 points 2 years ago

"I am not a dictator! Anyone who says I am will get jailed!" - Grand Poohbear of China, 2023

[-] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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[-] quindraco@lemm.ee 27 points 2 years ago

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[-] GreenMario@lemm.ee 130 points 2 years ago

Whatcha gonna do, China? That's right, nothing. Stay mad forever 😂

[-] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 28 points 2 years ago

He's gonna cope...and seethe.

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[-] krische@lemmy.world 102 points 2 years ago

We know a thing or two, because we've seen a thing or two

Germany, probably

[-] Ooops@kbin.social 52 points 2 years ago

Hitler obviously wasn't a dictator as he was democratically elected by a majority (after competing parties were banned) and then -just out of situational necessity of course- got a lot of extra powers to ignore laws and constitution.

Yeah, I see how that Chinese definition works.

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[-] spez@sh.itjust.works 73 points 2 years ago

I love how every single comment making fun Xi the pooh here is getting downvoted lol

[-] GreenMario@lemm.ee 59 points 2 years ago

Here's a little something for the dictator simps:

[-] OR3X@lemm.ee 42 points 2 years ago

Gee, I wonder which group of users would do something like that...

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[-] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 63 points 2 years ago

Well that just goes to prove her point. Well done, Xi.

[-] Laitinlok@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Overacting insecure jerk what Xi is

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[-] NotTheOnlyGamer@kbin.social 58 points 2 years ago

When the shoe fits, start wearing it. PRC is an authoritarian state led by a dictator and his cronies.

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[-] nocteb@feddit.de 55 points 2 years ago

Easy fix: don't be a dictator.

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[-] TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com 46 points 2 years ago

Most dictators haven't gone by that term, preferring instead some other executive role like chairman, supreme leader, or president. If Xi doesn't want to be called a dictator, maybe China should start holding open elections, see how popular the CCP really is.

[-] sevenapples@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 2 years ago

The CCP has higher approval rates than western governments and the vast majority of Chinese believe they are living in a democracy. This is confirmed by western studies; latest one I've seen was from Harvard.

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[-] Laitinlok@discuss.tchncs.de 46 points 2 years ago

Germany is right

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[-] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years ago

Oh-oh here Xi comes

Watch out boy, Xi'll chew you up

Oh-oh here Xi comes

Xi's a man eater

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago

If any country knows what a dictator is, it's Germany.

[-] Treczoks@lemm.ee 36 points 2 years ago

Dictators were never good at hearing the truth.

[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 33 points 2 years ago

Quit being a dictator. 🤷

[-] Rentlar@beehaw.org 30 points 2 years ago

The same government that presented another deal so good you couldn't refuse!

Trade offer meme on the Meng Wenzhou incident

[-] Ignacio@kbin.social 30 points 2 years ago

Obviously he's not a "dictator", and that foreign minister should be sacked. Because Xi is a "supreme almighty emperor whose words are worth to be enforced or else..." A bit of background knowledge is never a bad thing.

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[-] Laitinlok@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 2 years ago

Another Germany W

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[-] Jaysyn@kbin.social 26 points 2 years ago

Have you tried not being an authoritarian PoS, Xi?