• Guildo@feddit.de
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    1 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.

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    1 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?

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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.