▲ 1341 ▼ The turntables (lemmy.ml) submitted 1 year ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml 173 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] ComfortablyDumb@lemmy.ca -5 points 1 year ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] davel@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) No, it started as an adorable meme on Chinese forums: It then became a racist trope on Western forums. The title of president is ceremonial, so term limits on it are hardly consequential. The real top position since 1982 has been the General Secretary of the CPC, which is a renewable five year term that has never had term limits. Xi is still very popular with people in China, so it’s no surprise that he won a third term in 2022. Jiang Zemin also won three terms, so there’s nothing unusual about it. And why wouldn’t Xi be popular? Most in China Call Their Nation A Democracy, Most in U.S. Say America Isn't Long-term survey reveals Chinese government satisfaction Helping 800 Million People Escape Poverty Was Greatest Such Effort in History, Says [UN] Secretary-General, on Seventieth Anniversary of China’s Founding China’s Energy Use Per Person Surpasses Europe’s for First Time At 54, China’s average retirement age is too low China overtakes U.S. for healthy lifespan: WHO data Where you got “fascist” and “dictator” from was a lifetime of Western anti-communist propaganda. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] davel@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) No, it started as an adorable meme on Chinese forums: It then became a racist trope on Western forums. The title of president is ceremonial, so term limits on it are hardly consequential. The real top position since 1982 has been the General Secretary of the CPC, which is a renewable five year term that has never had term limits. Xi is still very popular with people in China, so it’s no surprise that he won a third term in 2022. Jiang Zemin also won three terms, so there’s nothing unusual about it. And why wouldn’t Xi be popular? Most in China Call Their Nation A Democracy, Most in U.S. Say America Isn't Long-term survey reveals Chinese government satisfaction Helping 800 Million People Escape Poverty Was Greatest Such Effort in History, Says [UN] Secretary-General, on Seventieth Anniversary of China’s Founding China’s Energy Use Per Person Surpasses Europe’s for First Time At 54, China’s average retirement age is too low China overtakes U.S. for healthy lifespan: WHO data Where you got “fascist” and “dictator” from was a lifetime of Western anti-communist propaganda. permalink fedilink source parent