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Another country has called Xi a 'dictator' and China is not happy with that description (edition.cnn.com)
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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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[–] 8 points 3 years ago (16 children)

Xi is the democratically elected leader of his country

How many people voted for him? How many votes did his opponent get?

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  • [+] -18 points 3 years ago* (15 children)

    No idea. I couldn't even tell you that about my own country or the USA, you know that place that's totally a democracy where they don't count all the votes and keep the black people from voting with dirty tricks.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    The general population does not vote for the presidency in China, the electors chosen by the CCP do. That is significantly less democratic than the US which is also not a very democratic country when it comes to the presidency.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    Neither do americans get to vote for their president nor the germans for their chancellor.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    the electors chosen by the CCP do

    but americans do get to vote for the electoral college, and germans iirc do get to vote for the bundestag

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    They do and the German chancellor is also not as important as the American president.

    Theoretically, the Chinese parliament is also the actual governing body, but with its size and sporadic meetings that's pretty questionable.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (9 children)

    Okay well then just a simple question: when was the election?

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  • [+] -11 points 3 years ago (8 children)

    Also no idea. I'm not your Google.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    So you claim that China is a democracy based on... having absolutely no knowledge of Chinese politics?

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  • [+] -7 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Based on knowing the fact that China is a democracy.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    So how can you know they had an actual democratic election?

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