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    I gotta say even without the HK achievement (which was actually negotiated some years prior by Deng), i have a certain fondnes for Jiang. He may not have been as based as Xi but he gave some hilarious interviews. Very memeable.

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          At 5:43 the interviewer babbles like an infant and strings together the most nonsensical, triggerword-loaded sentence I’ve ever seen when asked how he defines a dictator. Jiang Zemin is noticeably and understandably confused. Beyond embarrassing.

          Also, holy shit the interviewer said “Many [Chinese] scholars believe the president has, in effect, made a deal with the Chinese people: to increase their economic and social freedom, to work and live as they please, and, in return, the people give up any right to challenge the authority of the Communist Party” like it’s a polemic.

          If this is considered true for a thought experiment, and Jiang Zemin/the Party held up their end of this “deal”, why would the people feel the need to challenge the authority of the Party? “Oh no my government is setting goals, and meeting them, and raising everyone’s standard of living, and remaining committed to peace and stability!”

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          Damned cult channel, have to describe him lambasting shitty journalists as ‘freaking out’. Also describing it as ‘found footage’ like they smuggled it out like the fucking Death Star plans.

          But yes, ‘too young, too simple, sometimes naïve’ is such a killer line.

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            Its quite a pleasant surprise that most of the comments are on Jiang’s side, agreeing with him even.

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    Genie: I will grant you one wish.

    Him: I want Hong Kong to be free!

    Genie: snaps his fingers It is done.

    Him: Wait, nothing happened! It’s still part of the PRC!

    Genie: Correct.

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    Witch Thatcher, high off the win in the Malvinas/Falklands thought she’d be able to scare the PRC into keeping HK in perpetuity.

    She was too pompous to have remembered that Deng and his comrades had weathered the long march, the Japanese invasion and the civil war. He simply said “if we can’t agree on a peaceful handover, then we’ll have to reconsider the method and time to reunify with HK”. That was enough for Thatcher to work up a cold sweat. Unfortunately Deng did not live to see the city returned to its motherland, so Jiang was there as leader to continue the legacy.

    Quite fitting that she fell over during her visit to the PRC as well lmao.

    A PLA general later recalled his time visiting a military academy in the UK, overhearing some students there baffled by the decision to hand back HK. The instructor’s question quickly made them aware why… “so you want to keep HK, which of you are going to face the PLA to take it?”.

    Imagine throwing all of the struggles of the people that worked their way up to this point, and then throw it all away to appease your western masters. That is what this guy represents.