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Another country has called Xi a 'dictator' and China is not happy with that description (edition.cnn.com)

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China has lashed out at Germany after its foreign minister called Xi Jinping a “dictator” and summoned Berlin’s ambassador for a dressing down, in the latest flaring of tensions with a western democratic power over how the Chinese leader is described overseas.

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[-] quindraco@lemm.ee 179 points 2 years ago

Very noticeable that they didn't specify how he wasn't a dictator, nor what other label would be more appropriate.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 92 points 2 years ago

"I am not a dictator! Anyone who says I am will get jailed!" - Grand Poohbear of China, 2023

[-] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 45 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Hexbear users incoming in 3.2.1...

[-] quindraco@lemm.ee 42 points 2 years ago

I use a client that can block instances, so I have all of Hexbear blocked. It radically improves the Lemmy experience.

[-] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago

Tell me your wisdom, duck of the lake.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

[-] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

I use a Violentmonkey script to do so

[-] BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 years ago

Whats the client?

[-] VentraSqwal@links.dartboard.social 11 points 2 years ago

Sync let's you do it. Also possibly Connect? I forgot the other one, but i think it might be Connect.

[-] notabot@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago

Yes, connect lets you block instances, but it still shows that there was a comment there and lets you show it. It's handy to see how much you're blocking.

[-] Teppic@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Kbin allows users to do this (noting kbin isn't a client it's a compatible platform).

[-] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Memmy app let’s you do it as well.

[-] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

I am using Eternity or Voyager, I will be so happy when instance blocking comes to those.

[-] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Give Memmy a try. I switched to it so I could block entire instances. It’s made my feed so much better!

[-] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the recommendation, but I'm on Android, so I can't use it. On spezit I loved, and supported Infinity, the Infinity fork Eternity is very good. I love having my own colour theme, it's great for qol, and all the other nice features it has.

[-] TheRealTurducken@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Sync is an outstanding Lemmy client for Android.

[-] spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Apologies! I should have mentioned it was for iOS.

[-] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

No worries at all

[-] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 1 points 2 years ago

Connect does instance blocking and I think LiftOff does as well.

[-] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

I just.tried Liftoff and i did not see that option

[-] randint@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago

Thankfully, OP is from an instance that has not federated with Hexbear. Hexbear users won't be able to see this post.

[-] spez@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

But they have posted to .ml which is federated with hexbear. So the poster's instance needs to be federated no the instance of the community where the post is?