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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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[–] krische@lemmy.world 101 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We know a thing or two, because we've seen a thing or two

  • Germany, probably
[–] Ooops@kbin.social 52 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.