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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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