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To Damascus with love

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On Tuesday – in a triumph for democracy – Xi Jinping extended his congratulations to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on his successful reelection.

Some context: Assad won 95.19% of the vote in what was widely seen as a fraudulent election.

Xi didn’t see any reason to let a little author...