In no way is it absurd to call Xi a dictator. It is a spot-on description.

Acknowledging reality is absurd for anyone who lives in a state of delusion and uses that delusion to give their life value and purpose.

You mean the man who surrounded himself with supporters and whose parliament eliminated his term limit, has similarities to a dictator? The man who had his predecessor physically removed from the party congress? That guy?

China following Russia with the “war is peace” newspeak

Learning from the North Korean Bureau of information i see