I hope most European don't actually think that the acknowledgement (or the lack of it) of their leader is what give the Communist party its legitimacy to rule, or their leaders are automictically seen as trustworthy and upstanding actors on the world. This is beyond delusion of grandeur and an absurdly early 2000s mindset.¯\_(ツ)_/¯
they will look like they are going to kiss the ring. Coverage of Xi receiving his guests, the de facto leaders of Europe, will be plastered all over the front pages of the Communist Party’s propaganda outlets, and the Chinese population will thusly be informed of how the party is “rejuvenating socialism in the world” and how their country’s global preeminence is being established.


