Trudeau Avoids Calling China’s Xi a ‘Dictator,’ Unlike Biden

Published on November 18, 2023

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau avoided calling China a “dictatorship” in response to a reporter’s question during a press conference at the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit on Nov. 17. “Would you describe Xi Jinping as a dictator?” the reporter asked. “Look, China’s a one-party state. I don’t think anyone would call it a democracy,” Mr. Trudeau answered. The previous day, U.S. President Joe Biden called Mr. Xi “a dictator in the sense that he is a guy who runs a country that is a communist country that is based on a form of government totally different than ours.”...

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