Godric@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 day agobest part of the movie was when Xi said "IT'S PURGIN TIME!" and purged all over those guyslemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down16
arrow-up1179arrow-down1external-linkbest part of the movie was when Xi said "IT'S PURGIN TIME!" and purged all over those guyslemmy.worldGodric@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square15fedilink
minus-squareeta@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down2·23 hours agoThat depends. Were they really investigated because they did something wrong or rather because they were no longer useful politically or because they dared to oppose Xi?
minus-squarestickly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-25 hours agoNever ask: The USA why it has so many prisoners Saudi Arabia why they’re holding foreign worker’s passports China why the number of executions is a state secret
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·16 hours agoImagine a president who found corruption in his administration and decided “corrupt officials aren’t useful, they should be removed”.
minus-squareSoulg@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·14 hours agoSo… Like when Bidens DoJ prosecuted corrupt congresspeople?
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-213 hours agoI mean, imagine a Chinese publication leaping to the defense of Henry Cuellar, Bob Menendez, Eric Adams, and George Santos. So much of the US news really does boil down to a handful of senior editors having this burning hatred for the sitting Chinese President.
minus-squareSgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·18 hours agoThey were trying to start a coup with the US. So Xi purging the generals also sets back his plan to invade Taiwan.
That depends. Were they really investigated because they did something wrong or rather because they were no longer useful politically or because they dared to oppose Xi?
Never ask:
Imagine a president who found corruption in his administration and decided “corrupt officials aren’t useful, they should be removed”.
So… Like when Bidens DoJ prosecuted corrupt congresspeople?
I mean, imagine a Chinese publication leaping to the defense of Henry Cuellar, Bob Menendez, Eric Adams, and George Santos.
So much of the US news really does boil down to a handful of senior editors having this burning hatred for the sitting Chinese President.
They were trying to start a coup with the US. So Xi purging the generals also sets back his plan to invade Taiwan.