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[–] comador@lemmy.world 32 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

The bigger wtf here is someone actually reads AOL.com still.

[–] gigachad@piefed.social 9 points 13 hours ago

Seems to be a news aggregator like MSN. Here is the CNN article:

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/05/china/brics-summit-china-xi-absence-intl-hnk

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 5 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

There is a power struggle going on in the CCP and Xi is losing.

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Winnie the poo gonna lose his pot of honey.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Where can I learn more about this?

[–] richteas@lemmy.zip 4 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] Impound4017@sh.itjust.works 1 points 16 minutes ago

This is the first I’m hearing of this, so take this with a grain of salt, but Im skeptical of the idea that the dismissal of ‘Xi loyalists’ indicates a weakening of Xi’s position. The thing to remember is that autocrats during peacetime are forced to pick people for top positions who won’t upset the balance of power; loyalty is the primary factor in selection, especially so in this case because the person who controls the military is by far the most dangerous from a coup perspective. Notably, this means that no requirement is made for competence at their given role. Putin faced the consequences of this exact problem in Ukraine, as several of his top brass (see: Shoigu and Gerasimov) were both deeply corrupt and deeply incompetent, and it led to massive issues in the initial invasion in 2022. This could instead be read as a preparation for war, with Xi learning from Putin’s mistakes and clearing out the loyal but not completely competent members of his military command apparatus.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 17 hours ago

didn't feel like getting up in the morning and called in sick

[–] madlian@lemmy.cafe 4 points 17 hours ago

Because he doesn’t need to market himself now that brics sunk the us ship.