I’m sure Xi is beyond having his feelings hurt by Biden, but just look at Bilken’s reaction lmao.
Inviting a head of state to your country to publicly insult them is unacceptable anywhere, so this is only going to further tarnish the shitty reputation of American diplomacy.
The way he says this makes me think there’s probably a whole school of thought in the establishment ghoul circles that revolves around wording things in specific ways that translators will soften or “interpret” in a way that makes them sound not as bad in alternate languages.
Chinese liberals and western “china watchers” usually seethe very hard at the fact that he doesn’t speak English, so probably not?
There’s no way he doesn’t speak at least some English, he has lived in the US
