I feel like we, as in our press and tbh all of us, repeat terms as they are presented by other countries as if they were peer Democracies, no questions asked.
Putin is President of the Russian Federation. Not dictator, not authoritarian leader who murders his opponents, nope "President."
Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China. Yup, it's a Republic. Not a single party state, and he is not the Emperor, whose opponents keep mysteriously dying. It's totally normal. He's just the "President" of China.
Can anyone with journalism experience explain to me how this works?
Putin is President of the Russian Federation. Not dictator, not authoritarian leader who murders his opponents, nope "President."
Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China. Yup, it's a Republic. Not a single party state, and he is not the Emperor, whose opponents keep mysteriously dying. It's totally normal. He's just the "President" of China.
Can anyone with journalism experience explain to me how this works?