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General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Dies (xhnewsapi.xinhuaxmt.com)

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Rest in peace, comrade Nguyen Phu Trong!

NYTimes is already out there wishing for a "less conservative communist leader":

Mr. Trong represented a conservative Marxist-Leninist faction within the party, which includes another faction seen as more pragmatic and moderate. His death is likely to raise hopes in the West that a less doctrinaire leader could emerge. Mr. Trong, the only one in the 18-member Politburo who grew up during the Vietnam War, was a generation older than many of his peers.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago

Westoid fuckers always have to make everything about them.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Mr. Trong

~~American "journalism" folks.~~

I thought this was a mistake, but according to Vietnamese customs "Mr. Trong" or "Trong" is indeed a valid way to refer to Comrade Trong. This is a humiliating display in lack of investigation by myself.