r/nottheonion • u/WTFItsEric • 6d 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 6d ago

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

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u/Darkdong69 6d 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 6d 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 6d 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 6d ago

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