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Re:BlizzCon 2019 Protest “Full-Steam Ahead,” Say Organizers by ethbro on Monday October 21, 2019 @11:57AM (#21313734)
He can handle looking weak as long as the economy keeps humming along, which maintains CCP securely in place, which lessens internal party tensions.

If the Chinese economy crashes... well, look at history for the sum of dictatorship + economic malaise.

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Re:BlizzCon 2019 Protest “Full-Steam Ahead,” Say Organizers by learc83 on Monday October 21, 2019 @03:47PM (#21316459)
I meant he couldn't personally handle looking weak, not that the Winnie The Pooh thing was actually a threat to his power base.

He overreacted to something that wasn't actually a threat because it hurt his ego.

>If the Chinese economy crashes... well, look at history for the sum of dictatorship + economic malaise.

But yes that is a very good point.

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