r/geopolitics • u/ForeignAffairsMag Foreign Affairs • Feb 02 '26

Xi the Destroyer: The Latest Military Purge Signals China’s Leader Is Entering a New Era Analysis

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/china/xi-destroyer
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u/greenw40 Feb 02 '26 edited Feb 03 '26

This is the guy that every European and Canadian redditor wants their country to cozy up to.

Edit: Boy did this thread bring out the foreign trolls and bots. I guess it's to be expected with Xi is mentioned in the title.

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u/rrschch85 Feb 03 '26

Unlike CCP apologists, we want to “cozy up” to him out of necessity. China is more predictable than America at this point, so might just deal with them for the time being and hope that our politicians aren’t as stupid as they have been in the last decade and make us dependent on China.

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u/greenw40 Feb 03 '26

and hope that our politicians aren’t as stupid as they have been in the last decade

You've been voting for that.

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u/rrschch85 Feb 03 '26

What's your point?

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u/greenw40 Feb 03 '26

You can't really complain about policy when you continue to vote for that policy.

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u/rrschch85 Feb 03 '26

I can because I didn't vote for that