27 points
I remember back when Xi first assumed leadership that there were Westoid articles about how he was secretly a liberal reformer. I think one even called him “China’s Gorbachev”.
17 points
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Then the CIA classified cables got leaked to media and they had a oh fk moment when he was described as a “redder than red” true believer not vulnerable to corruption. Overnight went to calling him the second coming of Joseph Stalin.
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