Propaganda officials warn state media off using moniker after push to portray leader as man of the people appears to backfire
Chinese propaganda chiefs hold reportedly ordered state-controlled media to refrain from using the nickname “titanic Daddy Xi” to refer to the president.
Since Xi Jinping took power in 2012 the epithet has been at the centre of an energetic push to portray the Communist party leader as an omnipotent people’s president.
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Source: theguardian.com