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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 178 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hexbear users incoming in 3.2.1...

[-] quindraco@lemm.ee 42 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

Tell me your wisdom, duck of the lake.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

[-] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I use a Violentmonkey script to do so

[-] BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago

Whats the client?

[-] VentraSqwal@links.dartboard.social 11 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

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

Memmy app let’s you do it as well.

[-] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

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

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

Sync is an outstanding Lemmy client for Android.

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

Apologies! I should have mentioned it was for iOS.

[-] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

No worries at all

[-] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

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

[-] randint@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year 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 1 year 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?