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Extraordinary footage. I believe it's literally the first time we see Xi publicly scold a foreign leader (or anyone, as far as I know). https://t.co/jlOEJFxuMo— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) November 16, 2022

Xi: "You leaked what we discussed to the newspapers, that is unbecoming behavior. Never mind the fact that our discussion weren't in those tones to start with......If you have sincerity than we can communicate on very good terms under a premise of mutual respect. If not, then who knows what will be the result..

Trudeao (with the horrible bodylanguage btw) tries to say some bullshit about "ohhh in Canada we are freedum press and open. Lets continue to have consturctive talks but we will disagree on stuff! "

Xi: Lets create the correct conditions first...make the correct conditions.

  • TheCaconym [any]
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    2 years ago

    Also of great interest is this insane linked twitter thread. It has it all: Trump - with insane comments from the same, Bolton, spying through the TSA in airports, a McKinsey executive being told they're a "lapdog of the US" for hours by Chinese officials, and remarkable incompetence by Trudeau.

    • 420stalin69
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      2 years ago

      Also

      Throughout the first half of 2019, Mr. Trudeau had failed to get an audience with Mr. Xi. His diplomats in China were frozen out. The Chinese reply to Mr. Trudeau was frustrating: It would breach protocol for Mr. Xi, China's head of state, to speak with Mr. Trudeau, merely the head of government of Canada, whose head of state was Queen Elizabeth II.

      I’ll be chef’s kissing this to my grave

      • solaranus
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        1 year ago

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        • AbbysMuscles [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          That part in bold almost made me laugh out loud when I got to it in the article. It's like grey-rocking a narcissist; just stick to the facts and the script and make them listen to you.

            • 420stalin69
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              2 years ago

              Narcissists feed on inducing a reaction. It doesn’t matter what kind, aggravate you, please you, create drama whatever, they don’t care. They are vampires that feed on attention.

              They crave attention, they crave drama, they crave validation, anything that makes them feel like it’s about them somehow.

              Grey rocking is when you behave just like a grey rock. You react exactly how a dull grey rock would react. You give them absolutely nothing, which means they move on to feed on someone else.

              Don’t give them anything, even avoid eye contact. Minimize responses to the bare minimum. Do not let emotion show in your voice or eyes or body language. Be a grey rock.

        • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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          2 years ago
          But the Canadians were welcome to return to Beijing.

That was the only good news Mr. Barton had for the prime minister.

“OK,” Mr. Trudeau said in their phone call. “Well, that’s something.”

          When your standard for success is that China hasn't completely cut you off diplomatically and will still take time to berate you if you come to them hat in hand.

      • Lussy [any, hy/hym]
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        2 years ago

        Maybe don't treat others, especially the leader of fucking China, like uncouth goons Trudeau, you racist fuck.