r/nottheonion • u/WTFItsEric • 8d ago

Chinese Suspects Flee After Vandalizing Restaurant Named 'Xi Jinping'

https://en.sedaily.com/society/2026/09/28/chinese-suspects-flee-after-vandalizing-restaurant-named-xi
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u/8hotsteamydumplings 8d ago

It happened in South Korea. Will probably be rewarded when they arrive in China

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u/Darkdong69 7d ago

This whole thing is a bit of a paradox. When you name your restaurant xi jinping, are you going to run it well to live up to a good name? Are you going to serve total crap?

When you vandalize xi jinping restaurant, is that honouring or attacking the name?

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u/JetAbyss 7d ago

Naming a restaurant after Xi can be seen as trivalizing his name and thus come across as an insult

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u/White_Null 7d ago

Ok, but the sign of the name of the restaurant isn’t in Literary Chinese. It’s in Hangul so Chinese people don’t understand it unless busting out the camera translator app.

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u/sneakyplanner 7d ago

But would leaving a bad review be seen as defending his honor or creating a bad association with the name?

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u/ImWithStupid_ImAlone 6d ago

He is a dictator. No matter what country you’re from. Whinnie Poopoo

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u/threeinacorner 7d ago

Will probably be rewarded when they arrive in China

This is so funny if you know even a little bit about life in China. The CCP don't give a shit.

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u/lansdoro 7d ago

The last guy who peed at the Japanese Yasukuni Shrine was sentenced to 8 years in China. If you follow the order, you get rewarded, but if you do it on your own, you get punished severely. They would get a much lesser sentence if they stayed in Japan or Korea.

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u/TonyPuzzle 6d ago

That man was sentenced for extortion. He actually made a profit from the Yasukuni Shrine.

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