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US Hands Xi A Propaganda Coup
He probably wouldn't call it a smirk. But it's a smirk. And it's his trademark.
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Xi didn’t fool anyone outside of China, and I have my doubts that he fooled anyone inside of China.
Yeah. This is a bit too transparent a lie to really work. Though it’s true Elon seems a real idiot when it comes to non-technical topics
The CCP can spin the summit however it likes in China’s domestic press, but many of the popular ex-China press headlines are about Biden calling Xi “a dictator”. Promises of pandas aside, the new global Cold War continues.
About what Sean Hannity said last night after showing clips when the TV lights blinded Biden so he could not see the reporters shouting questions at him. (“It was way past his usual 7 pm bedtime.”) But he substituted “Biden” for “US”.
Things are changing in the world which makes us uncomfortable. Just like the sentiments driving support for Trump who looks likely to return to power in January 2025.
Older readers in Britain might recall how England went through the same thing post WW-II. It’s not easy to accept that you are no longer the only big frog in the pond.
Some Brits still can’t accept it, it’s painful to listen to them.
At the end of the day, I think it is “all about the money”!
Unless Xi can continue to deliver a higher standard of living to the Chinese and continue to close the gap to the wealth of the US; he will lose his power with the Chinese.
If the wealth of China declines from now (relative to the US), he will absolutely be out unless he steps up his efforts to imprison the dissenters.
Please tell me that image was AI generated. His head looks like it’s made out of plastic, hair and all.
No, that’s him. That picture is from his dinner remarks.
He looks like he’s had a lot of plastic surgery. I guess vanity and autocracy go hand in hand.
Not surprising that uncapped vanity is a pillar of autocracy based on our own experience with a certain someone who lies about empirical measurements (height and weight), spends hours in hair and orange make up before he can get anywhere near a camera, and seems to think he could be an effective pugilist or line dancer should he choose. But don’t forget Xi banned Winnie the Pooh after he was compared to the cartoon in a picture with Obama.
China’s real estate debt bubble is having consequences, much like Xi’s covid policies, on top of the underlying demographic challenges (sucks to inherit a previous dictator’s failed policies 😉
If China was feeling strong they’d have Biden come to them. The visit means something – that they need the US (economically). All of the bluster and doublespeak is to negotiating and optics (mostly for inside China).