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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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[-] aport@programming.dev 11 points 1 year ago

Lol he was elected by the party, not the people, in what amounts to a loyalty test.

[-] RedWizard@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 year ago

That's how parliament works in the UK. Bunch of dictators over there in the Queen's England.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

In the UK there are multiple political parties.

[-] Serdan@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

And look how well that's going for them.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 year ago

Better than any one or two political party(ies)

[-] Serdan@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

You mean like USA?

[-] RedWizard@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Ah yes, because they are all very different and diverse and definitely don't kowtow to the same political group. A wolf in a different hat is still a wolf.