• Xanthrax@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    That’s a fair point. I think he turned to the west when he needed leniency at a young age, and then then got more nationalistic as he got older. At the same time, it seems like the plan from the beginning was to retire in China, so it’s a weird situation.