Posted on 10/29/2025 7:33:24 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
Both leaders complimentary to each other at the start of their meeting.
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Xi is not on par with Trump. Xi is not president but people use the term.
He’s not elected, does not present the people of his country.
Who does?
No one.
Anyone who could represent their people better is in exile, jail or dead.
Xi does.
He holds the power, controls the economy, controls exports/imports, the military etc.
Get with it.
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You’re an idiot.
He’s illegitimate.
You’re not responding to what I said.
Are you stupid or a Chicom propagandist?
Another thing.
Hour long video of nothing.
Why you even post that?
China is a great country, hyper hyper developed in big cities like Shenzhen and Shanghai that will make any city in US or Europe look like a developing country and even the countryside is very well connected by roads and high speed rail. The entire country has infrastructure to the level unseen anywhere else in the world and competes directly with the west in urban planning, sustainability and technology. They recently developed their own microchip technologies after being cut off from global supply to the shock of the entire world.
What people in the west have issue understanding is China’s government. It’s not a western style democracy nor is it a socialist authoritarian regime like North Korea. It is a strange hybrid of socialism, state capitalism and free market capitalism. This contradiction makes it very perplexing for outside observers. Of course it’s no democracy there is a 1 party state and no elections but as can be seen by the Covid lockdowns people do have sway over the government. When people had enough of the lockdowns wide scale protests in the millions erupted across the country forcing the government to end the lockdowns entirely and abolish all Covid measures. This shocked western media outlets who expected a bloodbath to ensue against the protesters.
Also while free speech is not a thing (bear in mind that not all western countries have this freedoms specifically protected either) People do speak openly with some freedoms about issues online in Chinese society (as long as they don’t target the government or specific high ranking officials with their public complaints or insight rebellion, insurrection etc) they are free to voice their grievances. This online voicing of opinions openly on social media has actually lead to the government enacting reforms on the infamous 996 working hours and schooling being too brutal and intense for children. The party wants to maintain its legitimacy in the eyes of the public even if there is no elections.
Are there bad things the government does? Obviously it’s a 1 party state that wants to maintain complete control. But the situation is rarely so simple as black and white. The government has lifted more people from poverty than any country in history and at a rate no country has seen in history.
Keep in mind that a lot of western reporting on China is misleading or outright fabrications. For example there is absolutely no such thing as a “social credit system “ as it is usually portrayed in the western media according to foreigners I know who live there .
He is legitimate in China and was duly elected Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012, then formally elected President of the People’s Republic in 2013.
Its not up to brain dead morons like you to tell the Chinese who their leader should be.
Are you totally stupid or merely drunk or on drugs?
I’m sorry but anyone who claims the chairman of a communist party that runs a one party dictatorship that holds power by brute force, as does the Chinese communist party, represents the people of the country is an idiot.
Xi is the President of China in addition to several other titles.
“ hyper hyper developed in big cities like Shenzhen and Shanghai that will make any city in US or Europe look like a developing country”
You wrote a book, but the first line gave away you’re just partaking in rhetorical hyperbole.
False. There is no president.
True he has many titles.
I watched it.
Like five minutes of the intro platitudes then good bye.
Why are you a Chicom propagandists?
Sorry but you’re full of crap.
In general.
Why do you feel the need to act as apologist for something you accurately describe as “Obviously it’s a 1 party state that wants to maintain complete control?”
That entire video is 5 minutes 52 seconds almost all of it with the meeting and short speeches from Trump and Xi, so what’s the problem?
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