General Secretary of Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong dies -- state media
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  • Kovpak@lemmygrad.ml
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    4 months ago

    Rest in peace, comrade Nguyen Phu Trong!

    NYTimes is already out there wishing for a "less conservative communist leader":

    Mr. Trong represented a conservative Marxist-Leninist faction within the party, which includes another faction seen as more pragmatic and moderate. His death is likely to raise hopes in the West that a less doctrinaire leader could emerge. Mr. Trong, the only one in the 18-member Politburo who grew up during the Vietnam War, was a generation older than many of his peers.

    • qwename@lemmygrad.ml
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      4 months ago

      Mr. Trong

      American "journalism" folks.

      I thought this was a mistake, but according to Vietnamese customs "Mr. Trong" or "Trong" is indeed a valid way to refer to Comrade Trong. This is a humiliating display in lack of investigation by myself.