• @carl_dungeon
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    71 year ago

    So what’s he gonna do, execute the foreign minister? That’ll prove they’re wrong!

  • Guildo
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    41 year ago

    Is there any proof that this is because of the word dictator or the whole comment? I really found nothing. Can anybody give me a source? I need more context.

    This is the statement in the article:

    “[The comments] are extremely absurd and are a serious infringement of China’s political dignity and an open political provocation,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a daily news conference.

    • @anewbeginning
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      101 year ago

      a serious infringement of China’s political dignity

      Dignity and politics…that’s a new word soup.

      • Guildo
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        01 year ago

        Yeah, but where does it say it’s about the word dictator? I don’t get it.

  • @[email protected]
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    41 year ago

    We’re calling from the U.S. here. We have England on the call. Are you on the line? China? What are you doing?

    • @[email protected]
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      1 year ago

      We’ll all be summoned.

      In 2016, a commentator by The China Project predicted:

      Opinion: How Xi Jinping can avoid becoming a dictator

      “It may seem far-fetched, but [an electoral presidential] system would grant Mr. Xi the legitimacy and public support he craves to stay in power,” writes Ho Pin. “Without the legitimacy of an election, even a flawed one by Western standards, he would have to step down in 2022 or flagrantly ignore the party rules, and turn himself into a dictator who lives in constant fear of being toppled.”

      Seems it’s too late now.