Xinhua, the Chinese regime’s mouthpiece news agency, recently mistakenly called Chinese leader Xi Jinping “China’s last leader” instead of “China’s top leader” in a news article. The incident has sent Chinese Internet users buzzing.
The article, published on March 13, featured upbeat assessments about China’s economic outlook from Chinese officials and economists who attended the annual sessions of China’s puppet legislature and advisory body. When Xi Jinping is quoted in the third-last paragraph expressing confidence in China’s long-term economic prospects, despite current troubles, he is referred to as China’s “last” leader (“zuihou”) instead of the standard “top” leader (“zuigao.”)
The Chinese characters on the left read "zuihou," or "the last," while the characters on the right read "zuigao," or "the top."
