Speaking seriously, I find the "giant portraits" heuristic a good one. I think a lot of the trouble people are having with what to call China is that Xi is rapidly consolidating power. No one would have called Stalin a dictator in his first few years, either.
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This is why I moved my retirement fund to gilt frame futures.
@niubi, if you don't follow him already, is also tracking the interesting changes in official language used to describe Xi. Very much a return to Mao territory1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
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Yeah, been meaning to get back to the West Wing, but I've had a lot going on at home.
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