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[-] DeathWearsANecktie@lemm.ee 36 points 1 year ago

I was almost certain that the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party was a liberal

[-] regul@hexbear.net 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 27 points 1 year ago

I remember back when Xi first assumed leadership that there were Westoid articles about how he was secretly a liberal reformer. I think one even called him "China's Gorbachev".

[-] WayeeCool@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Then the CIA classified cables got leaked to media and they had a oh fk moment when he was described as a "redder than red" true believer not vulnerable to corruption. Overnight went to calling him the second coming of Joseph Stalin.

[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

second coming of Joseph Stalin.

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