cornishon comments on The reason why China is the biggest threat to Capital.

[–] cornishon@lemmygrad.ml 35 points 1 day ago (8 children)

https://wikileaks.jcvignoli.com/cable_09BEIJING3128

The full cable.

[–] Coca_Cola_but_Commie@hexbear.net 29 points 23 hours ago* (7 children)

At the risk of exaggeration to the point of outright lie, there's an implication in this cable that Xi is a Buddhist wizard.

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[–] cornishon@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

They're basically saying that while the other boys were partying, Xi was studying the blade.

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[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 13 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

I find the "born with a silver spoon in his mouth" shit to be a laugh, dude grew up living in a cave.

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[–] Chana@hexbear.net 9 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

I mean he grew up in a traditional Shaanxi house style that's bored into a rock wall. Not opulent but also not what comes to mind when westerners say he grew up in a cave.

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[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 5 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

It's not just westerners saying "cave" it's literally CGTN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxw7FFvKMJ4

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[–] Chana@hexbear.net 6 points 17 hours ago

Still a house though

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[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net [B] 4 points 18 hours ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

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[–] Simon_Shitewood@lemmy.ml 9 points 21 hours ago

I can kind of see where they're coming from but it's a load bearing "born", and rather generous "silver", especially seeing as he then grew up living in a cave.

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