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Another country has called Xi a 'dictator' and China is not happy with that description
(edition.cnn.com)
this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2023
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No that would be racist.
The Internet has used it to indirectly refer to him
I did for a bit too until someone here pointed out the underlying issue. Winnie is yellow in all the images of him Disney made or not. And "yellow" people in Western racism are Asians particularly Chinese people.
It would be really fucked up for Germany to call Xi any variation of that name IMO.
You are aware that they compare him to Winnie due to this image, right?
Calling it out as racism would be an exaggeration.
No it’s definitely racist—see obama is tigger because they’re calling him a….
/s