> Xi did arrange himself a lifetime position.

He did or the political party did. Also removing term limits isn't the same as giving oneself a lifetime position. Lots of countries don't have term limits. Like Germany for example. Nobody would claim merkel is a dictator.

> And yes, a dictatorship's stability can fluctuate.

Right. His dictatorship is so wobbly that he made himself emperor. Which is it?

There is lot you can criticize china, unfortunately, the nonsense you see on social media really misses the target. Whatever happened to the pathetic "winnie the pooh" nonsense?