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.
16 points
If being connected to a cartoon is a “realistic threat” then you have a shit government
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Read between the lines.
Culture has an impact on politics and can be the spark for sudden and violent political upheaval.
10 points
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Again, read between the lines.
I’m a communist who likes cats and puns. If you can make a compelling argument for how celebrating Mao in the form of a cat pun has a basis in racism and the historical oppression of a people, I’m ready to change it.
