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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 (2 children)

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 (5 children)
[–] 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 (1 children)

that bunch of larping teens?

[–] mustardman@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 1 year ago

The very same!

[–] dalekcaan@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

Then it must be true

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[–] quindraco@lemm.ee 169 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 85 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 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

Hexbear users incoming in 3.2.1...

[–] quindraco@lemm.ee 33 points 1 year ago (17 children)

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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[–] Chariotwheel@kbin.social 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe she should've used the chinese word for dictator.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[–] GreenMario@lemm.ee 143 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He's gonna cope...and seethe.

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[–] krische@lemmy.world 103 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

  • Germany, probably
[–] Ooops@kbin.social 59 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] spez@sh.itjust.works 76 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 63 points 1 year ago

Here's a little something for the dictator simps:

[–] OR3X@lemm.ee 47 points 1 year ago

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

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[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 69 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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

[–] Laitinlok@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Overacting insecure jerk what Xi is

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[–] NotTheOnlyGamer@kbin.social 65 points 1 year ago

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

[–] nocteb@feddit.de 59 points 1 year ago

Easy fix: don't be a dictator.

[–] TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com 56 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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.

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[–] Laitinlok@discuss.tchncs.de 51 points 1 year ago

Germany is right

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 46 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

[–] Treczoks@lemm.ee 40 points 1 year ago

Dictators were never good at hearing the truth.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 39 points 1 year ago

Quit being a dictator. 🤷

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago

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

[–] 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.

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[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

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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 30 points 1 year ago

Have you tried not being an authoritarian PoS, Xi?

[–] Laitinlok@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 1 year ago (5 children)
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[–] Gabu@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well, China can go fuck itself, and take Russia and the US with it.

[–] crackajack@reddthat.com 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Plenty of people would raise their eyebrows on you for mentioning the US, but you would not exactly be wrong. China and Russia are authoritarian. However, the US is a highly flawed democracy with extremely flawed and abusive foreign policy. Putin's invasion of Ukraine has had recent precedence, with US invading Iraq out of trumped up charges. In Putin's mind, he must have thought "if the Americans did it, why can't I"? This is why I believe in a multipolar world.

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[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 year ago

Pooh is big mad

[–] gornar@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] coyootje@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (30 children)

It'd be funny if he called him "Winnie the pooh" when he meets him to explain himself :)

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