Another country has called Xi a 'dictator' and China is not happy with that description

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.
- hexbear disagrees
  
  Nobody gives a single fuck though because it's hex bear
  
  that bunch of larping teens?
  
  Then it must be true
  
  hexbears are trolls, they would disagree even if it killed their mother.
- Yep and other rules

Very noticeable that they didn't specify how he wasn't a dictator, nor what other label would be more appropriate.
- "I am not a dictator! Anyone who says I am will get jailed!" - Grand Poohbear of China, 2023
- Hexbear users incoming in 3.2.1...
  
  I use a client that can block instances, so I have all of Hexbear blocked. It radically improves the Lemmy experience.
  
  Thankfully, OP is from an instance that has not federated with Hexbear. Hexbear users won't be able to see this post.
- Maybe she should've used the chinese word for dictator.
  
  Ah yes, Xi Jinping
- Because he was democratically elected in a transparent election. Unlike the current American demented imbecile.
  
  What are you talking about? He doesn't hold elected office. Here's the last time he was re-appointed to his appointed position.

Whatcha gonna do, China? That's right, nothing. Stay mad forever 😂
- He's gonna cope...and seethe.
- lucky your not a German ambassador! they would summon you for a "dressing down"
- Haha, racism! I love that one!
  Whatcha gonna do, China? That's right, nothing.
  What is there to do when you are already the one winning?
  
  Mocking a single individual is not racism.
  It may be bullying, but that is about it.
  
  I'm an American so I can answer this question sincerely. When you are already the one winning, you work as hard as ever to keep winning. You innovate more. This is the American way. It's why we're the most advanced country on the planet, and it's how we maintain that lead. Building off of the work of previous generations who made and did amazing things. That's our approach and it works fucking awesome.
- Jesus, just open KKK on here. Americans are truly the scum of the earth.
  
  Famously, one of the worst atrocities of the KKK was posting memes of a chinese dictator
  
  your fee fees get hurt?
  
  Xi is so fat he is his own race 🤣😂
  
  Well you can fuck right off! The same person *supposedly upset about the KKK just discriminated against 330,000,000 people from every country on Earth in the very next breath. You're worse than racist.

We know a thing or two, because we've seen a thing or two
Germany, probably
- 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.
  
  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.
  wow, just like zelensky!
  history sure is wacky sometimes...

I love how every single comment making fun Xi the pooh here is getting downvoted lol
- Here's a little something for the dictator simps:
- Gee, I wonder which group of users would do something like that...
  
  Probably the antiracists. You should wonder if you're on the right side when you are promoting and supporting racism.
- It's definitely part communists, but I think mostly special interest groups, maybe even from China itself.
  
  You really want to feel special enough to think the Chinese government would even care about this internet backwater? Get real.

Well that just goes to prove her point. Well done, Xi.
- Overacting insecure jerk what Xi is
- I don't think any country would like their head of state be called a dictator.
  
  And yet normal, functioning countries don't lash out like this.
  
  Except maybe Rome
- Isn't your president a paedophile?
  
  No, we voted for the older guy this time.

When the shoe fits, start wearing it. PRC is an authoritarian state led by a dictator and his cronies.
- Don't you guys run the largest network of slave camps in the world? Yes you do!
  
  Lemmygrader stay on topic challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)
  
  It's spelt Uyghurs, not you guys.
  
  Cool, you can now go and tell your foreign minister, that they are allowed to call @NotTheOnlyGamer a slave owner.
  
  Slave camps?

Easy fix: don't be a dictator.
- How can he stop being something that he's already not?
  
  Someone who jails people over depicting them in a mocking way is a dictator.
  Someone who bans historic events and pretends they never happened is a dictator.
  
  He is. Be quiet now.
  
  they see me rollin'
  in ma tankie
  pulpin' protestors but they still call me silly commie

Germany is right
- You could even say, it is far-right.

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.
- The CCP has higher approval rates than western governments and the vast majority of Chinese believe they are living in a democracy. This is confirmed by western studies; latest one I've seen was from Harvard.
  
  Belief can be a helpful thing
  
  the vast majority of Chinese believe they are living in a democracy.
  So do the vast majority of Americans.
  
  Okay but what meaningful influence does the average Chinese person have on who is chosen as Paramount Leader.
  
  The CCP does not have confidence in that though, hence the way it runs the elections there.
- Most forced elections haven't gone by that term, preferring instead some other description like people's elections, free elections, or secured elections. Made up words but you get the idea.
- Most dictators haven't gone by that term, preferring instead some other executive role like chairman, supreme leader, or president.
  Don't forget Führer
- Open elections when there is only one party in practice are moot
  
  Tbh, with only two it's not too much better either.
- You got to choose between Hoe Biden and Donald Trump last time. Get back in your box.
  
  Yeah, our elections suck. They should be more open and should be ranked choice. Likewise, the Electoral College is complete bullshit. Even still, Xi is a dictator and China is not a democracy. Multiple things can be true.

Oh-oh here Xi comes
Watch out boy, Xi'll chew you up
Oh-oh here Xi comes
Xi's a man eater

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

Dictators were never good at hearing the truth.

Quit being a dictator. 🤷

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.
- That's actually worse
- Where's the quote from?
  
  My racing brain.

The same government that presented another deal so good you couldn't refuse!

Have you tried not being an authoritarian PoS, Xi?

Another Germany W
- Now they have (at least) two W's on their account
  
  And some say there were two WWs on their account

"Dictator" is such an ugly word. I prefer "Tyrant." It's much more damning.
- Dictator is the better word because it implies a choice by the people. It's the reason why Octavian is the first Roman emperor but every ruler wants to be a Caesar.
  In a way, calling Xi a dictator recognizes his legitimization. I am sure that was not intended.

Well, China can go fuck itself, and take Russia and the US with it.
- 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.
  
  From a total noob: what is a multipolar world in political terms?
- Best take I've seen here. The big countries in the world have way too much power. Problem is, if any one country has this amount of power, it automatically makes it so that other countries will also want to match that level of power.

Pooh is big mad

Almost time for their final warning!
- Warning_final_final_v2(1).docx
  
  Ah shit
  Warning_final_final_v2(1) - Copy.docx

Aww, somebody hurt Winnie the Pooh’s feelings.

Try "Emperor" they'll like that.
- The only empire is the US empire and the way they talk about themselves as an empire, they're proud of it too. Yell one-word feel-good slogans at them like "CHANGE", "FREEDOM", or "DEMOCRACY" and all the citizens shout and cheer because that's what they've always been told to do.
  Try sitting during the pledge, the singing of the national anthem, or insulting the military. The US empire will have none of that. Truly the land of the free.

Oh bother

It'd be funny if he called him "Winnie the pooh" when he meets him to explain himself :)
- The german minister of foreign affairs is the women depicted in the post.
  
  I think they were talking about the ambassador (who may also be a woman, idk) not the foreign minister.
- Winnie so sad lmfao
- Why is that? Is it because you think it's funny that Winnie the Pooh is yellow and Xi is Chinese? Racism is so funny!!!
  
  Nah it's funny because they're both fat and short dude
- No that would be racist.
  
  The Internet has used it to indirectly refer to him
  
  Lol, you guys crack me up.
  
  Incorrect nice try though

He's not just a dictator, he's also a dick.
What's he going to do? Fling his pooh?
- oh bother

Their unhealthy coping mechanism is making it worse obviously

Xi said that he'd start executing German tourists if they didn't take it back
- whoa, got a source on that?
  
  Its a joke

Xi: I really resemble that remark!

Do remember that the same Baerbock said that we (Germany/…) are at war with Russia.
- She's not exactly known for being a smart person in Germany. Whoever thought she had what it takes to be a diplomat was clearly deluded. She only got the job as foreign minister because of proportional representation.

This is hilarious

Pooh Bear is going to send out another final warning again. China loves those final warnings.

Can we say what a laugh of a minute he is

Omfg made my day

If it whines like a goose and goose-steps like a... goose... then maybe it's a goose.

In China, the people directly elect local council (e.g. village or town level) representatives. Those local council members than select who among themselves to send to represent them at the next level above. This continues all the way the National People's Congress and the Standing Committee.
This sort of organizational structure is more-or-less how political parties in Germany also work; so by that logic the Green party itself would presumably be an undemocratic institution.
OK, but the CPC can control who is allowed to run in elections, right? Well, Germany banned its communist party: In Germany, any organization (and their members) that wants to abolish the liberal order, capitalism, private property and so on is subject to repression, surveillance and outright bans, and this is enshrined in the constitution. So no fundamental difference there either: In Germany the liberal institutions decide who can and cannot run, and they have decided the commies are out.
Empirically, the Chinese government enjoys way better approval rating than any Western government, Chinese people believe themselves to be living in a democracy, and the Chinese administration seems way more responsive to the actual needs of the people, what with the poverty reduction and all. How is this possible if they're so much more undemocratic than Western liberal democracies?
- In Germany the liberal institutions decide who can and cannot run, and they have decided the commies are out
  Back in 1946, it was decided that antidemocratic parties shouldn't be part of a democracy. Hence antidemocratic parties are illegal.
  That's it. You are very much allowed to abolish private property if you wish to do so. You'll just have to do it in a democratic manner.
  And it just so happens that abolishing private property is very much not a popular idea.
  (No, the current German government can not decide who can run in elections.)
- He's still an authoritarian cunt.
- Well I think the issue is the people in China haven't experienced the democracy in US so the comparison would be hard to measure. As funny as it gets the people in the US can laugh at Joe Biden but not those in China that could laugh at president Xi.
  A note accompanying the poll results offers a disclaimer, stating that "in authoritarian countries, positive perceptions might result from different conceptions of democracy, high levels of government satisfaction, or fear of speaking out against the government."
  
  different conceptions of democracy
  This is kind of my point. Western liberals claim their representative type of democracy is the only correct way to have democracy. But in their version of democracy, economic power allows oligarchs and corporations to own and control the media, there are countless legal (and illegal) ways to influence policy and bribe politicians, and the police and courts routinely suppress anti-capitalist and other emancipatory movements, organizations and individuals.
  Giving lectures about democracy when you're at the helm of a country that is actually ruled by the capitalist class is hypocritical.
  
  I think the issue is the people in China haven’t experienced the democracy in US
  Don't worry, the Americans haven't either.
- Well you have to understand the centralisation is pulling the legs of the economy in China rn

Apparently he doesn't have a butthole because he's perfect.
- Topologically immaculate

Germany is over which sea from China? Is the middle east a sea now? Ffs global warming.

West Taiwan -100000 social credit DAE Xinnie? XD

If you complain about people calling you a dictator means that you're fully aware that you are a dictator.
- By that logic there are a whole bunch of Nazis on Lemmy and Hexbear is fighting the good fight.
  
  Nazis on Lemmy and Hexbear
  I don't what you're smoking but that stuff must be highly neurodegenerative and I advise you to stop.

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, there’s a high probability it is a duck.

Good old Ski Ski Spring.
- Well that's good old racism kind of.

I disagree with some of Scholz's policies, but he is kind of a breath of fresh air. Merkel was a great leader, but she played it far too safe.
- Scholz is really just like Merkel. It's the green party that brings the fresh air and most importantly content
  
  Fair enough. I was thinking that Scholz isn't as left as I thought the SPD was known for.

You said it queen 😍

- Rutte and Merkel because ... they have been long in office? Low trolling like this is why people disregard lemmygrad.
- This is a weak argument.
  I was not aware that term length was the method by which a dictatorship was determined. (Hint : It is not) In a democratic country, keep the people happy, stay in power. Is that how China works?
  I could speak more on this but I will match your low effort and pause there.
  
  In a democratic country, keep the people happy, stay in power. Is that how China works?
  Yes it is, here's a Harvard Ash Center study proving it:
  https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/07/long-term-survey-reveals-chinese-government-satisfaction/
  https://ash.harvard.edu/files/ash/files/final_policy_brief_7.6.2020.pdf
  The survey team found that compared to public opinion patterns in the U.S., in China there was very high satisfaction with the central government. In 2016, the last year the survey was conducted, 95.5 percent of respondents were either “relatively satisfied” or “highly satisfied” with Beijing. In contrast to these findings, Gallup reported in January of this year that their latest polling on U.S. citizen satisfaction with the American federal government revealed only 38 percent of respondents were satisfied with the federal government.
  I could speak more on this but I will match your low effort and pause there.
  I'd rather not read any more stupid comments from smug and uninformed liberals like you in my inbox, thanks for the favor.

Another country
Oh, wonder who's said that.
Germany
Oh so literally no one new. Just another American lapdog.

“The remarks made by Germany are extremely absurd, seriously infringe on China’s political dignity, and are an open political provocation,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a regular news briefing on Monday.
Because everybody thinks this is because she called Xi a Dictator - is there any proof, that this is really the case? I searched everywhere, but I couldn't find anything. I think the problem is her whole statement and not just calling Xi a dictator. I would be very very happy if anybody can give me a source for this. I would like to read the whole context and not just one sentence with nothing in it.
Don't downvote me, just give me a source. Thx.
- When asked about Russia’s war on Ukraine, she said: “If Putin were to win this war, what sign would that be for other dictators in the world, like Xi, like the Chinese president?”
  
  Thx, maybe it helps other people to understand that this statement is implying that China would like to invade Taiwan. It implies that China wants to act like russia acted with ukraine. If you are following china's international politics and diplomacy you should understand that this is the bigger problem. They don't care about this dictator-shit. If they really care about the word dictator: PLS! PLS! PLS! Give me a source for it.
- How about you don't fucking tell me what to do with my votes thanks
  -downvoted
  
  Pls don't upvote me.

Do they know healthy communication can gain a better impression and often less problematic, another boundaries and relationship course, thanks
- Like with Russia? Yes, I guess they learned the lesson. Fuck dictators.
- I actually agree with this, it's counterproductive, but Germany is a little sensitive right now because their car industry can't compete with subsidized Chinese electric cars (dumping actually), so :3
- China is committing a genocide. We need to clearly address as what it is and stop being dependent on it.

Antagonizing China while going into a recession is a really bold move by Germany. I guess that's what you get when you put opportunists in charge of running a country.

How surprising, an American satellite state is following American foreign interests
- You people sound fucking more and more retarded every single day
  
  ableism is bad
  
  You people become more and more retarded every single day
  FTFY
- Just leave. Go back to your horrible brainwashed echo chamber
  
  Bold words from a lemmy.world user
  
  He's not wrong there are parts in her (Baerbock) timeline that is suspicious. She got trained at this think tank for example.
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Marshall_Fund
  Like a lot of other actual German politician.
  
  Said like someone who wants to maintain the integrity of their horrible, brainwashed echo chamber.
  
  Go back to reddit
- They willingly let America kneecap them by helping them blow up Nordstream so it's nothing out of the left field.
  
  You mean the pipeline that they already banned the oil from?