The past week has seen much grave news, from Donald Trump appointing a notorious torturer as CIA head to attempted murders in Britain possibly perpetrated by the Russian government. But among all these, the piece above was possibly the most sickmaking story of the week.
This kind of gushing praise might be appropriate from a 10-year-old attending her first Justin Bieber concert. From a married middle-aged head of government, it is most unseemly. One expects serious leaders to display a certain degree of gravitas, not to enthuse publicly about a schoolgirl crush. And it is particularly insensitive at a time when most intelligent people around the world - certainly those in Hong Kong - are deeply concerned about Xi's accumulation of unchecked power. Not that one expects much awareness from someone who doesn't even know where ordinary people buy toilet paper.
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