• tetrabrick [xey/xem, she/her]
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    3 years ago

    “Unfortunately, most Chinese people on the mainland would not know that Beijing had mishandled the pandemic due to CCP propaganda,” Mr. Ong said.

    lol

  • CommCat [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    lol Washingtimes, for those who don't know, is owned and operated by the South Korean "Christian" Cult Moonies, similar to Epoch Times and the Falung Gong cult. Extremely Rightwing and anti-Communist and plenty of bullshit.

    a funny thing is that a big part of the loony rightwing Guns 'n' God culture is run by one of Sun Myung Moon's Children. Yep a South Korean cult...lol

    • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      This is literally just recycled MIC funding propaganda. They roll garbage like this out once a year so they have something to point to when they beg for $70 billion in budget overruns.

    • SolidaritySplodarity [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      Are you telling me that China has its own cultural references and many include the leader of their communist revolution? Ya don't say!

    • skeletorsass [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      Helmsman is also common comparison for someone who leads and guides in every language as well, and has always been used in many articles.

  • QuillcrestFalconer [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Love the people here taking the Washington Times seriously. What next, hexbear putting up links to Epoch times articles?

      • CarlTheRedditor [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Put it on one of those archive sites first so the URL isn't just right there.

        Or, if you really want to illustrate the problem, try to find an article from a different outlet entirely that refers back to Epoch Times as the source.

  • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Wonder if anyone will care about this. I feel like you can't spend years building the narrative that China is totalitarian and that Xi is totalitarian, and then claim that he's just gotten more power. Like wouldn't most westerners assume he had total control of the country already based on media narratives?

  • Shitbird [any]
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    3 years ago

    so is this bullshit or did Xi really take the title of "helmsman". that's a dope title so I hope he did.

  • mecha_john_brown [comrade/them,any]
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    3 years ago

    "Army Lt. Gen. Scott D. Berrier, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, said Mr. Xi’s increased power will fuel the Chinese military’s drive to create forces more powerful than those of the United States in the coming years."

    Good

  • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    This is MIC propaganda lol, this garbage is published to drum up consent and create "sources" to justify yet another military budget increase.

  • pedik [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    i am literally shidding and farding all over myself over this news. HEIL THE CPP, HEIL PRESIDENT XI, MAY COMMUNISM REIGN A THOUSAND YEARS!