Xi Jinping has been in power for 12 years like a gangster boss

 Direct translation

Mrs. Lee Hsien Loong reposted: Xi Jinping has been in power for 12 years like a gangster boss

Editor : Chu Tian / Source: Central News Agency / https://www.aboluowang.com/2025/0421/2208085.html / Image : On 5 March 2024, representatives of the Chinese Communist Party’s military arrived at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing to attend the opening ceremony of the National People’s Congress. (Jade Gao/AFP)

Ho Ching, wife of former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, reposted an article on Facebook on 21 April 2025 from a Singaporean commentary platform, which directly pointed out that Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping has "always acted like a gangster boss" in the past 12 years of his rule, but now he hopes that Southeast Asian neighbors who have been victims of the tariff war will treat him as a friend and partner, and even launched a charm offensive, which is ridiculous.

The article published by Singaporean commentary platform Critical Spectator on 18 April 2025 and reposted by Ho Ching today was titled "If Xi Jinping had not acted like a gangster boss in the past 12 years, China would have greater global influence today" and made the above comments.

The article, written by the Polish founder of the platform, Michael Petraeus, began by directly pointing out that Xi Jinping's recent charm offensive in Southeast Asia is ridiculous, exposing how bad China's current situation is. The "emperor himself (referring to Xi Jinping)" has to beg the neighbors who have been plundered by him for more than 10 years to cooperate with him.

The article lamented, imagine that it was Xi Jinping who came to talk about "resistance to confrontation" and "protectionism." It is this man who imposed the "nine-dash line" in the South China Sea on ASEAN countries, violated international law by claiming that most of the South China Sea belongs to China, built military facilities on disputed islands and reefs, and sent coast guard ships to harass ships from other countries. Now he dares to stand up and say "Dear friends! Let us work together! Let us resist confrontation!".

The article said that as for "protectionism", China, a "shining beacon of free trade", banned many foreign companies from operating in the country, violating all its commitments before joining the World Trade Organization (WTO), but now Xi Jinping said "protectionism is not good!".

The article pointed out that Xi Jinping has "always behaved like a gangster boss" in his 12 years in power, like the Chinese version of "Don Corleone" (the gangster boss in the movie "The Godfather" series), who always made "unrefusable offers" to everyone, but now hopes that the victims will regard him as a friend and partner.

The article points out that in ASEAN alone, the CCP's often-questioned "Belt and Road" investment, debt traps, or attempts to dump other countries at low prices to transfer production capacity have flooded these countries with cheap goods, causing their domestic industries to collapse; now that Xi Jinping has begun to call for a partnership with Europe, the CCP has abused Europe as much as the United States, and supported Moscow in the Ukrainian war, which is actually a war against the West.

The article mentioned that just because the world hates US President Donald Trump does not mean that Xi Jinping has become an "acceptable alternative." Although Trump may be condemned globally, he has expressed his intention to reach an agreement with all countries, and once the agreement takes effect, the United States is still widely trusted to fulfill the agreement. But this is not the case with the CCP, because the CCP is known for treating its partners unfairly.

The article directly points out that the CCP's abuse of other countries for more than 10 years cannot be ignored as if nothing happened, just because China now faces the same problems as the victims. China has decades to prove its sincere support for international multilateralism. If China really supported it, it has now been rewarded. China's international relations are full of cynicism and reflexive short-termism.

The article concludes that the above reason is that Xi Jinping cannot expect the world to follow him in confronting Trump. In the eyes of the public, even if Trump wins, they will not care too much.