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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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[–] spez@sh.itjust.works 73 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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

[–] GreenMario@lemm.ee 59 points 1 year ago

Here's a little something for the dictator simps:

[–] OR3X@lemm.ee 42 points 1 year ago (59 children)

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

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[–] hackris@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It's definitely part communists, but I think mostly special interest groups, maybe even from China itself.

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