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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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[–] T4V0 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You are aware that they compare him to Winnie due to this image, right?

Left half of the image is Winnie the Pooh walking beside Tigger, right half is Xi Jinping and Barack Obama walking side by side.

Calling it out as racism would be an exaggeration.

[–] FUCKRedditMods@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago

No it’s definitely racist—see obama is tigger because they’re calling him a….