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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 1 year 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 1 year ago
[-] Ubermeisters@lemmy.zip 89 points 1 year ago

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

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 year ago

that bunch of larping teens?

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[-] quindraco@lemm.ee 163 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hexbear users incoming in 3.2.1...

[-] quindraco@lemm.ee 27 points 1 year ago

I use a client that can block instances, so I have all of Hexbear blocked. It radically improves the Lemmy experience.

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[-] GreenMario@lemm.ee 130 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 28 points 1 year ago

He's gonna cope...and seethe.

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[-] krische@lemmy.world 102 points 1 year ago

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

  • Germany, probably
[-] Ooops@kbin.social 52 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

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

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

[-] Laitinlok@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Overacting insecure jerk what Xi is

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[-] NotTheOnlyGamer@kbin.social 58 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

Easy fix: don't be a dictator.

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[-] Laitinlok@discuss.tchncs.de 47 points 1 year ago
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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 1 year 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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[-] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

[-] Treczoks@lemm.ee 36 points 1 year ago

Dictators were never good at hearing the truth.

[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 33 points 1 year ago

Quit being a dictator. 🤷

[-] Ignacio@kbin.social 30 points 1 year 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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[-] Rentlar@beehaw.org 30 points 1 year ago

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

Trade offer meme on the Meng Wenzhou incident

[-] Jaysyn@kbin.social 27 points 1 year ago

Have you tried not being an authoritarian PoS, Xi?

[-] Laitinlok@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 1 year ago
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[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

"Dictator" is such an ugly word. I prefer "Tyrant." It's much more damning.

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