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

submitted 1 year ago by EdenRester@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] Ignacio@kbin.social 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Laitinlok@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 year ago

That's actually worse