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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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year 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.