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A comment on China Rules – The Land That Failed to Fail. Parent comment

Re:China Rules – The Land That Failed to Fail by Invictus0 on Sunday November 18, 2018 @03:14PM (#18482285)
Don't be ridiculous. They have put their country first. You don't have to conform to the Western ideals of democracy and freedom to be benevolent. And compared to the historical record of monarchs putting their country first, China has done very well so far.
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Re:China Rules – The Land That Failed to Fail by ardy42 on Sunday November 18, 2018 @05:48PM (#18482912)
>>> but it has only had 2 successful authoritarian leaders, both of whom were competent and benevolent.

>> Which ones were benevolent?

> Don't be ridiculous.

What's so ridiculous about asking you to name the two Chinese leaders who you view as benevolent?

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Re:China Rules – The Land That Failed to Fail by denzil_holles on Sunday November 18, 2018 @07:11PM (#18483252)
> What's so ridiculous about asking you to name the two Chinese leaders who you view as benevolent?

In terms of benevolent, probably Deng Xiaoping and Xi Jinping [at least, Xi hasn't made any major mistakes yet].

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