Why does Biden continue to call Xi Jinping a dictator? I raise this question because the label of “dictator” does not fully express, and even hides to some extent, the inherent brutality of Xi Jinping. Therefore, although Biden’s calling Xi Jinping a dictator seems to upset the Chinese side, it does not fundamentally affect the bilateral relationship.
Let’s take a brief look at the origin of the term “dictator.” It was not a negative term in its original use. Rather, it referred to the administration of a country in a state of instability. In this sense, a dictatorship was popular as long as it did not lead to tragedy. For example, during the Roman period, General Julius Caesar was a popular dictator. From this perspective, calling Xi Jinping a dictator is a compliment. (READ MORE: After Meeting Xi, Biden Calls Him a Dictator)
Kazakhstan’s first president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, and Azerbaijan’s former president, Heydar Aliyev, are also called dictators, but even if they faced some criticism for having chosen a dictatorship for the sake of their newly established countries, their title as dictators did not incite disgust toward them in society. Equating Xi Jinping’s dictatorship with that of Nursultan Nazarbayev’s is like saying a sex offender has committed only a misdemeanor.
Dictators such as Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi, Kim Jong Un, and Fidel Castro were cursed because they did not step down throughout their lives, even though they established a state or ensured stability through dictatorship. However, their threat was to a certain group or to their own people; they did not pose a threat to humanity.
In addition to committing genocide against the Uyghurs in the occupied land of East Turkestan (Xinjiang to China) and depriving his own people (all 1.5 billion) of human rights, Xi Jinping threatens the world with his economic, political, technological, and military power. Regime-made disasters, such as COVID-19, have already caused the deaths of more than seven million people worldwide. China does not accept responsibility for the damage it has caused.
While dictator Slobodan Milošević, who carried out the Bosnian genocide, shed rivers of blood, Xi Jinping “appears” not to have shed as much Uyghur blood. In reality, the same number of Uyghur bodies may not have been destroyed yet, but Uyghurs are rotting in dungeons in numbers many times greater than that of Bosnians killed.
Xi Jinping can more aptly be compared to dictators such as Hitler, Stalin, and Mao, but only partially. While their purposes, slogans, and threats were clear, Xi’s are vague. For example, Hitler wanted to destroy the Jewish people, whom he considered to be an inferior race. Xi Jinping says that he will cure the Uyghurs of being Muslim, a religion that he considers to be a mental illness. Stalin declared that prisoners were sent to camps as enemies of the system or the state, and he did not hide the fact that he punished them. Xi Jinping will not stop masquerading his Uyghur death camps as “vocational training schools.” Mao declared America to be imperialist and announced that he would destroy it if it became powerful. Conversely, Xi Jinping has told Joe Biden that the planet is large enough for America and China, all while he is doing everything that he can to tear America from its position in every international institution.
China stands against America on all international fronts, from Kosovo to Ukraine and from Burma to Palestine. Xi Jinping becomes a partner in your company, steals your technology, brings the Confucius Institute and TikTok into your home, and brainwashes your children. He either talks about friendship or threatens Biden “not to play with fire.” He reveals his 100-year-old grudge by saying, “We are not the China of 100 years ago.” Xi Jinping stands out from the worst dictators in history with his cunning.
Xi Jinping’s actions in the Uyghur genocide surpass those of Nimrod, the most famous tyrant in human history and mythology. For example, although Nimrod killed boys born in his time to protect his throne, Xi Jinping imprisoned all Uyghur children, declaring them to be a dangerous generation according to their birth years without distinguishing between boys and girls. Nimrod did not intend to kill unborn children, but Xi Jinping destroyed babies in the womb with abortions. He reduced the Uyghur population’s birth rate by more than one million in 2017 and 2018 through sterilization.
It should not be forgotten that no murderer in the world ascribes this name to himself, not because he is ashamed of it but because he is afraid of being punished. This is why Xi is proud of being called a dictator. He feels that his power and superiority have been accepted and that his guilt has been alleviated. We should consider the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman’s reaction of outrage to the word “dictator” as a diplomatic courtesy.
Doesn’t Joe Biden know the above points? Is he not fully aware? The dictator he is talking about has created a dictatorship not with a negative meaning but with a positive one, such as that of General Julius Caesar. According to Joe Biden, Xi Jinping’s dictatorship is beneficial to the Chinese people and the world, and it does not pose a threat to the United States.
We can draw this conclusion from the pride and excitement with which Biden speaks of his friendship with Xi and from his body language when they meet. Apart from that, we can also see this from his previous praises, such when he called Xi Jinping “very smart” shortly after he seized power. Biden also described him as “straightforward” at last year’s G-24 meeting. How can he call the person he loves and respects so much a dictator? We can assume that Joe Biden, who recently spent several hours with Xi Jinping, has witnessed that Xi is proud to be called a dictator. After a few tries, Biden may have been sure that Xi Jinping did not mind this label.
Therefore, by frequently calling Xi Jinping a dictator, Biden appears tough on China to the American public and simultaneously flatters its leader. Biden’s calling Xi a dictator is a disguise and deceitful.
Xi Jinping is not only a dictator, but also a bloodthirsty murderer who is a disaster for humanity.
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