What's interesting, and gives it a lot of its eerie quality, is how badly Chinese officials misjudge Western social language around power relations. The paternalism comes off as both silly and ludicrously arrogant.https://twitter.com/Misanfrog/status/1227034227700576258 …
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that's more a confirmation that Chinese officials don't have the same fluency with Western power discourse than a counterpoint
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I was just thinking, prompted by this, the hilarity of DPRK rhetoric may be partly explained by having the imperiousness of the Chinese style, but even when it isn't objectively warranted China can at least pull it off *stylistically* without looking ridiculous -- and DPRK can't
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